In the Bay Area, Transit Signs are Surprisingly Poor

[marmar]

from Transportation Nation:


In the Bay Area, Transit Signs are Surprisingly Poor
By Julie Caine | 03/01/2012 – 11:12 am





The Bay Area is a densely populated, complex urban environment: Seven million people, nine counties…and 26 different forms of public transportation.

And they all have their own unique, sometimes mysterious ways of guiding you through the system.

When they’re taking public transportation, some of the first things people look for are signs. A sign’s most basic function is to tell you where you are, where you’re going, and what to do next. Yet in the Bay Area, informative signs like that are in surprisingly short supply.

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission–or MTC–is trying to change that. The agency’s in the process of revamping all the Bay Area’s transit signs. By the end of this year, you should see new maps, signs, and real-time transit information at 13 BART stations, a variety of Caltrain and light rail stations, the temporary TransBay Transit Center, and the three international airports. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://transportationnation.org/2012/03/01/in-the-bay-area-transit-signs-are-surprising-poor/

[arcane1]

1. Great news!

[bayareamike]

2. Good. n/t

[Gormy Cuss]

3. "Now he’s standing in front of an empty station agent’s booth at the Embarcadero BART station..."

There you go, one of the BIGGEST problems with navigating transit here.