MTA Scraps Plans for New Subway Pictograms

Mies Hora's 90-icon set get tossed in the face of a $750 million budget shortfall.

Earlier this month we mentioned Mies Hora's pictogram set for the MTA (featuring a new, international exit sign). Well, bad news for those, like Slate's Julia Turner, hoping for the makeover: Facing a $750 million budget deficit, the MTA scrapped the project. According to the Post:

Instead, transit employees will refresh old icons -- for example, by changing the background from black to blue on...