Improving Wayfinding in the Greater Golden Horseshoe, Part 1: Names, Numbers, and Letters
This is the first of a three-part series. I am someone who regularly travels the Greater Golden Horseshoe on my adventures, and as such, I use a number of agencies that present information in different ways. Usually, it's pretty straight-forward to figure out information, but from time-to-time, I find myself having to pull out my phone to confirm I'm going the right way, or got on the right vehicle. This three-part series was inspired by two things. First, I have recently used a transit agency that presents information in a very peculiar, non-intuitive way, which will dominate the entire third part of this series. Secondly, recent discussions about wayfinding on the subway have brought up points about general issues with finding out that you're going to the right place. Line 1's Perpetual Problem Relatively recently, TTC replaced signs saying cardinal directions with ones that say the terminus. I think this works okay on Lines 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, but definitely not on L...