PL1
Senior Member
And line 4. And line 3. And minus line 3. Other than that (and @picard102 's comment above) nothing has changed
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TTC Cartography, Signage, and Wayfinding
- Thread starter 299 bloor call control.
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T3G
Senior Member
This is the Metrolinx wayfinding standard everyone has been hyping up? Why???
Such a small font and so much dead space.....
Such a small font and so much dead space.....
picard102
Senior Member
Just because space is there does not mean it needs to be filed.
T3G
Senior Member
Not inherently, no, but in this case the space could have been filled with a larger text, or at least the sign itself made smaller.
APTA-2048
Senior Member
It’s almost like they just shrank a portrait version of the station signage to fit this long version.
A.Malik.77
New Member
This is a TTC sign, not Metrolinx.
I like the Bloor Yonge font on the entrances though. Metrolinx should make that standard on subways. Ontario Line has adopted it on its entrances.
I like the Bloor Yonge font on the entrances though. Metrolinx should make that standard on subways. Ontario Line has adopted it on its entrances.
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a2z
New Member
Spotted for the first time on Line 4 today!
Previously some of the trains on Sheppard had the same Line 1 map as in the quote. I'm surprised they actually created one solely for Sheppard!
futurebound
New Member
christiesplits
Senior Member
Amare
Senior Member
I'm sure customers were having immense challenges with identifying where they were on the Sheppard line, so the TTC wanted make it much more apparent because if not customers would get lost.
There's just way too many stations on the Sheppard line to keep track of!
There's just way too many stations on the Sheppard line to keep track of!
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
Isn't Line 4 Sheppard in Zone 2? Didn't exist in 1954.
EnviroTO
Senior Member
No, that is the TTC's lack of a consistent wayfinding standard. The TTC thinks you need to know all things at all times. Why would someone be in a stairwell wondering all this information?
The Metrolinx standard follows a journey led approach:
1. Where is the station (sign up in the air, T-logo, operator logos)
2. What is this the entrance to (station name, transit mode icons indicating what types of a station this is... is this a bus station, a subway station, a train station, or some combination)
3. Directional signs within the station to find the modes.
4. Directional signs for routes/tracks/bus stops to find the place to board.
Above is saying people are randomly finding themselves on a stair... they have no idea where these stairs go, so lets tell them everything.
Jm gravel
New Member
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