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    Michael> The Metra schedules are indeed a classic of inhumane interface
    Michael> design. Tufte himself has something to say about train
    Michael> schedules in one of his books.

Yes, wasn't that the Paris Metro schedule?  Oh, wait, it was the London
Underground:

    http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00005W

In contrast, here's the Paris Metro map, circa 1937:

    http://web.archive.org/web/20060422025243/http://www.egadd.org/parismetro1937.jpg

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