Another year end thread, with thanks to @urbanlifesigns for the idea – my Top 20 tweets with the most impressions (i.e., most viewed/read) for 2020. It's an eclectic bunch of random things, reflecting the more conversational nature of Twitter. So... THREAD (read to the end!)
At #20, my completely on-brand pandemic protection. (Yes, that's me: hi, I am a real person!)

Posted in July, 14.6K impressions https://twitter.com/transitmap/status/1288896769414193152
At #19, a quick design project showing a potential North-South Rail Link in Boston

Posted in April, 14.8K impressions https://twitter.com/transitmap/status/1249218960773410817
At #18, this map of how to get to Wanamaker's department store by (street)car and bus from 1929.

Posted in January, 15.0K impressions https://twitter.com/transitmap/status/1220722969535754240
At #17, an astounding strip map showing all the streetcar lines along Market Street, San Francisco in 1918.

Posted in July, 15.1K impressions https://twitter.com/transitmap/status/1220722969535754240
At #16, this gorgeous cutaway of a proposed (but never built) replacement for the Park Row Terminal in Brooklyn, c. 1912

Posted in October, 15.5K impressions https://twitter.com/transitmap/status/1318285728426516480
At #15, one of the first of many variants on the "coronavirus commute" maps. March seems so long ago now!

Posted in March, 16.1K impressions https://twitter.com/transitmap/status/1240702742903042051
At #14, a tip about adding organic noise above backgrounds to make them look a little less computer-generated.

Posted in December, 16.5K impressions https://twitter.com/transitmap/status/1340122282392371200
At #13, another great cutaway – this time, of the Châtelet–Les Halles Metro/RER station complex in the 1980s.

Posted in April, 16.8K impressions https://twitter.com/transitmap/status/1254076475676004355
Coming in at #12, a great illustration for "The Eagle" showing the spiral tunnels on the Albula Railway in Switzerland, 1952.

Posted in August, 16.9K impressions https://twitter.com/transitmap/status/1294423710850523137
At #11, a complaint about bad design choices on the new Tube Map (which apparently resonated with many of you).

Posted in December, 17.9K impressions https://twitter.com/transitmap/status/1339333953484800001
Starting the top 10 of this list with a quick and fun rectilinear redesign of Portland's TriMet rail diagram.

Posted in April, 18.1K impressions https://twitter.com/transitmap/status/1250947685437210624
At #9, the announcement of prints a digital recreation of a 1928 diagram of rail travel times from Frankfurt, Germany.

Posted in February, 18.8K impressions https://twitter.com/transitmap/status/1226210693281566720
At #8, just look at how gorgeous this Electroliner is!

Posted in October, 24.2K impressions https://twitter.com/transitmap/status/1321124552362000384
At #7, a familiar diagram reappears as part of a pilot program in New York City. (Transit Maps actually scooped other media outlets on this one!)

Posted in July, 36.3K impressions https://twitter.com/transitmap/status/1288169285232103424
At #6, my future Denver rail spiral map. I had a lot of fun making this one, and learned a lot in the process.

Posted in September, 41.1K impressions https://twitter.com/transitmap/status/1310738639182209025
Starting off the top 5 tweets – it's my revised International E-Roads diagram!

Posted in December, 41.5K impressions https://twitter.com/transitmap/status/1340688475436290056
At #4, this wonderful drawing of the tracks coming into Grand Central Terminal, c, 1912

Posted in October, 44.2K impressions https://twitter.com/transitmap/status/1317698438868316162
At #3, a wonderful unofficial map of Deutsche Bahn Intercity (IC/ICE) services.

Posted in January, 48.5K impressions https://twitter.com/transitmap/status/1221896968735199233
Runner up in this list goes to this beautiful Commonwealth Railways poster promoting rail travel in Central Australia, 1950s.

Posted in October, 66.1K impressions https://twitter.com/transitmap/status/1316901569128955907
Finally, my #1 most-viewed tweet of 2020 is this extraordinary incline that carried active *streetcars* up and down the hills of Cincinnati in the early 20th century.

Posted in September, with a staggering 128.1K impressions! https://twitter.com/transitmap/status/1303845198187831296
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