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Peter Dovak, transit graphic designer, has died
Peter Dovak, transit graphic designer, has died
About GGWash By David Alpert (Founder) November 29, 2017
We are heartbroken to share the news that Peter Dovak, a self-described "Graphic Designer and Professional Transit Nerd" who created many amazing transit maps and graphics including the GGWash "G" logo, died on November 16 of a pulmonary embolism.
Peter grew up in Kentucky and graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2009. He moved to Arlington in 2011 and has been working for the Northeast Maglev, the consortium trying to get a high-speed maglev (magnetic levitation) train built between DC and New York.
More details about his death were not immediately available and Peter was a private person. But he was very public with his astounding design work, which included Metro map variations of many kinds for us, other regional transit diagrams, posters of transit vehicles, and the logos for Greater Greater Washington and DC Sustainable Transportation. Therefore, we'd like to honor Peter with a sample of his fantastic work.
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Vehicles
A transit nerd through and through, Peter painstakingly illustrated every single type of transit vehicle in the Washington region for a detailed guide to Metrobuses and an amazing poster {below} of every bus and rail vehicle including commuter buses, MARC and VRE trains, streetcars, and much more. He made similar posters for a total of 30(!) cities.
Never fear, avgeeks — Peter made posters of airplane liveries, too. ... You can (still) buy posters and mugs of his transit vehicle diagrams and many other creations of his from his website.....
David Alpert is Founder and President of Greater Greater Washington and Executive Director of DC Sustainable Transportation (DCST). He worked as a Product Manager for Google for six years and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle. Unless otherwise noted, opinions in his GGWash posts are his and not the official views of GGWash or DCST.
About GGWash By David Alpert (Founder) November 29, 2017
We are heartbroken to share the news that Peter Dovak, a self-described "Graphic Designer and Professional Transit Nerd" who created many amazing transit maps and graphics including the GGWash "G" logo, died on November 16 of a pulmonary embolism.
Peter grew up in Kentucky and graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2009. He moved to Arlington in 2011 and has been working for the Northeast Maglev, the consortium trying to get a high-speed maglev (magnetic levitation) train built between DC and New York.
More details about his death were not immediately available and Peter was a private person. But he was very public with his astounding design work, which included Metro map variations of many kinds for us, other regional transit diagrams, posters of transit vehicles, and the logos for Greater Greater Washington and DC Sustainable Transportation. Therefore, we'd like to honor Peter with a sample of his fantastic work.
....
Vehicles
A transit nerd through and through, Peter painstakingly illustrated every single type of transit vehicle in the Washington region for a detailed guide to Metrobuses and an amazing poster {below} of every bus and rail vehicle including commuter buses, MARC and VRE trains, streetcars, and much more. He made similar posters for a total of 30(!) cities.
Never fear, avgeeks — Peter made posters of airplane liveries, too. ... You can (still) buy posters and mugs of his transit vehicle diagrams and many other creations of his from his website.....
David Alpert is Founder and President of Greater Greater Washington and Executive Director of DC Sustainable Transportation (DCST). He worked as a Product Manager for Google for six years and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle. Unless otherwise noted, opinions in his GGWash posts are his and not the official views of GGWash or DCST.