A subway map that shows uptown as up, like it should be
Coming Soon - Summer 2026Every NYC subway map is oriented with north at the top. Which makes sense for geography, but it's completely backwards for how New Yorkers think about the city. We don't say "I'm going north"—we say "I'm going uptown." The mental translation is exhausting.
Also, those arrival time estimates? They're lies. The MTA API tells you a train is arriving in 4 minutes, but sometimes it shows up in 2, sometimes in 7. That false precision makes you run for trains you won't catch and miss trains you would have made.
Uptown rotates the entire subway map 17 degrees clockwise so that uptown is actually up. Suddenly the map matches your mental model of the city. The Bronx is at the top. Brooklyn is at the bottom. Everything makes sense.
For arrival times, we use a probabilistic model trained on actual subway performance data. Instead of "arriving in 4 minutes," we show you "arriving in 3-6 minutes (80% confidence)." Sometimes the range is tight. Sometimes it's wide. Either way, you know what you're working with.
Uptown is up. Downtown is down. The map finally matches how you think about the city. It feels wrong for about 30 seconds, then suddenly everything clicks.
Confidence intervals instead of false precision. We show you the range of likely arrival times based on historical data, time of day, and current conditions.
Live train positions, service alerts, and delay notifications. But presented clearly, without the anxiety-inducing urgency of other transit apps.
Our probabilistic model is trained on millions of actual subway arrivals. We account for time of day, day of week, weather, scheduled service changes, and historical patterns for each route. The model knows that the L train is more reliable than the F train. It knows that evening rush hour has more variance than midday. It knows that "delayed" can mean anything from 2 minutes to 20 minutes depending on the line.
Riley rides every subway line multiple times a week to collect edge case data. Yes, really.
New Yorkers who are tired of mental gymnastics. Tourists who want a map that makes sense. Anyone who's ever run for a train that wasn't coming. People who appreciate honesty over false confidence.