New test signs to help riders navigate transit installed at Powell Street Station
New temporary directional signs were installed this week at the concourse and street levels of Powell Street Station to determine if they better help guide riders to BART and Muni services. The signs include new standardized modal icons and prominently feature the BART line colors.
Powell St. Station was selected because of its complex nature: it has three underground levels and provides connections to BART and Muni Metro trains (including the T-third rail line), buses, Muni’s historic streetcars, and cable cars.
These signs are part of a Bay Area-wide test of the Regional Mapping and Wayfinding Project.
The goal of the project is to unify maps and signs throughout the region, so it is easier for public transit riders to get where they need to go throughout the Bay Area.
Other test transit maps and signs were previously installed at El Cerrito del Norte Station. They are to deliver information that is clear, predictable, and familiar across service areas and county lines. The new bus stop signs and suite of maps focuses on service frequency and uses standardized colors, line styles, and labels on maps and signs to indicate how often a bus, train or ferry arrives at a particular stop.
