TTC Cartography, Signage, and Wayfinding

[DSC]

Space is pretty limited in those subway cars for large maps when they use the same space as ads. Perhaps adding more full rapid transit maps at every subway entrance and 2-3 on each platform would be good. This seems to be the approach that the MTA & London Underground use from my recollection.

Exactly! A person's need for map information are not always the same (or are never the same). To plan a journey you need a system map with all the options shown, once you reach a subway station you need a map that clearly and quickly shows you which direction you want to go and then you need something to tell you how many stations until you arrive. Then, when you arrive at your station you need a new map to show you how to walk to your final destination. The City's excellent TO360 project is rolling out good 'street maps', the TTC is certainly improving transit information maps but to expect one map (or type of map) to solve all of everyone's 'geographical questions" is unrealistic. It is certainly good that the work done on TO360 is being copied and used by TTC, Parks, BikeShare etc etc - having the maps all following the same conventions is a really good idea!

 

[sche]

Not sure where to post this, but I was in Chicago and saw this:

Really puts all the GTHA bus stop signage to shame

 

[asher__jo]

Not sure where to post this, but I was in Chicago and saw this:View attachment 230902
Really puts all the GTHA bus stop signage to shame

I prefer new TTC signage

 

[CityStay]

I liked this idea when I was in Berlin - putting system maps on the ceiling. (no trams)
The line maps weren't particularly useful - other than for the line you were on - as they omitted so many other intersecting lines.
But I guess they had to draw the line somewhere!

had to draw

 

[dad pad]

this may be in the wrong place to ask, but is there a ttc equivalent of this depth map?

http://www.stationmasterapp.com/blog/2015/07/3d-tube-depth-map/

not a physical version, just the concept itself

 

[mickael]

Why not post the full system map on the ceiling like they do in Berlin? So much empty space up there!

 

[W. K. Lis]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1651587497120391168

 

[11th]

Noticed this at Finch. Other than Woodbine, any other stations have these new exit signs?

From 2020, found on Google maps:

Source: https://goo.gl/maps/ER7pnH4AD57JG7pCA

 

[Mind_the_gap]

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Notice the Brampton Transit logo. BT hasn’t served this terminal since around TYSSE(?).

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

Noticed this at Finch. Other than Woodbine, any other stations have these new exit signs?

I think Sheppard has some for anew entrance/ exit they added a few years ago

 

[Abdullah77]

Noticed this at Finch. Other than Woodbine, any other stations have these new exit signs?
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From 2020, found on Google maps:
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Source: https://goo.gl/maps/ER7pnH4AD57JG7pCA

LOL I badgered the TTC about this specific sign on twitter last year because Brampton Transit stopped serving Finch Station in 2010. Glad to see they've replaced those old signs.

 

[TossYourJacket]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1651587497120391168

I saw in a video of the REM that they've numbered the entrances/exists on the stations there. Would be nice if the TTC adopted the practice, Sheppard-Yonge in particular could really use this, given it has 9 entrances.

 

[Steve X]

I saw in a video of the REM that they've numbered the entrances/exists on the stations there. Would be nice if the TTC adopted the practice, Sheppard-Yonge in particular could really use this, given it has 9 entrances.

Sheppard-Yonge is a real maze and would take some time to explain to anyone how to get around even with entrance numbers.

 

[MisterF]

Noticed this at Finch. Other than Woodbine, any other stations have these new exit signs?
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From 2020, found on Google maps:
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Source: https://goo.gl/maps/ER7pnH4AD57JG7pCA

Huge improvement over the old way of doing wayfinding signs. Both the mode and the agency are clear and obvious - no more confusion about which buses the sign is pointing to. Now if only they could put in a ceiling.

I saw in a video of the REM that they've numbered the entrances/exists on the stations there. Would be nice if the TTC adopted the practice, Sheppard-Yonge in particular could really use this, given it has 9 entrances.

Shopping malls already number their entrances, which is especially handy for big malls that you might not visit very often. It makes perfect sense to do the same in subway stations.

 

[reaperexpress]

Sheppard-Yonge is a real maze and would take some time to explain to anyone how to get around even with entrance numbers.

"Follow signs toward exit 3"