Adjei
Senior Member
The city/province needs to standardize wayfinding eventually, for both GO-TTC interchanges too.
One idea is just a simple internationally-recognized train logo, with the brand underneath. This is intuitive.
Pictogram icons at top, brand logos (in slightly smaller size than train pictogram icon) at bottom.
PHP:TRAIN - TRAIN - TRAIN - TAXI - INFO {GO} {TTC} {VIA}
Standardize this for all stations in GTHA. VIA, TTC, GO, LRT. Make it a city or provincial directive, as a requirement similar in league to hospital signage and disabled signage. Require all 15-min-and-better frequency interconnecting dedicated-ROW rail services on all rapid transit maps. (e.g. force TTC to show all GO RER routes on all subway maps). For many years, I never knew where GO went, until I began using it. Same for a lot of Torontoians, "What's GO?". Common sense. Standardized pictogram graphic priority followed by brand.
We regulate our street signage (stop sign, yield, parking, offramps, interchanges); why can't we regulate absolute minimum requirements for wayfinding between TTC and GO!??!?! I'm not even asking for as much regulation as on the roads, but at least a little *light* guaranteed-minimum-standard universal-language signage and wayfinding regulation. (...common sense stuff like a simple train pictogram, fer chrissakes...)
With two huge high-frequency all-day two-way rapid transit rail networks invading Toronto's transit user awareness within ten years, this is becoming important. Yesterday, we only had TTC as a practical high-frequency all-day rail provider. Tomorrow, we have both GO and TTC providing high-frequency bidirectional rail services. How are we going to interchange the networks better with better wayfinding, otherwise?
Metrolinx is conducting a study on Regional Wayfinding for transporation. Hope they look at best practices around the world so we get something better than the confusing mess we have today.