Now for something a little different...

In these designs, we strip away potentially redundant information to provide a stronger focus on the routes.

Here we look at differing the line thicknesses and the effects of tapering the directions...

Or how about tapering with some fading towards the ends...

Or how about using visual cues to indicate the intended start of the route?

Easy to invert and takes the viewer on two potentially different routes. Agree?
More to come