LTA looking to improve signs at MRT stations
28 Mar 2015|4,290 views
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is looking to improve signage at MRT stations, especially at interchanges, reported The Straits Times. It has called for a tender for specialists to undertake 'an in-depth review'' of all existing train station signs and recommend improvements.
If necessary, the company that clinches the contract will have to come up with new designs and concepts for station entrance signs, interactive or electronic signs, way-finding signs at interchanges and senior-friendly signs.
"Way-finding signs have always been a complaint among commuters," the LTA said in its tender document. "Excessive signage also causes clutter and information overload." It said that an improved system is necessary, and would be even more vital when the rail network becomes more comprehensive and there are more interchange stations.
More attention will also be paid to guiding elderly travellers in the right direction. The LTA is looking to replace text signage with symbols.
Lift and toilet signs will probably get distance markers, and bulb-lit signboxes might be replaced with LED or LCD signs.
An LTA spokesman said, "The expansion of the rail network presents us with another opportunity to review the signage system once again in its entirety. We will seek to incorporate improvements and best practices from other transit systems... the consultant will be required to submit recommendations by the first quarter of 2016."
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is looking to improve signage at MRT stations, especially at interchanges, reported The Straits Times. It has called for a tender for specialists to undertake 'an in-depth review'' of all existing train station signs and recommend improvements.
If necessary, the company that clinches the contract will have to come up with new designs and concepts for station entrance signs, interactive or electronic signs, way-finding signs at interchanges and senior-friendly signs.
"Way-finding signs have always been a complaint among commuters," the LTA said in its tender document. "Excessive signage also causes clutter and information overload." It said that an improved system is necessary, and would be even more vital when the rail network becomes more comprehensive and there are more interchange stations.
More attention will also be paid to guiding elderly travellers in the right direction. The LTA is looking to replace text signage with symbols.
Lift and toilet signs will probably get distance markers, and bulb-lit signboxes might be replaced with LED or LCD signs.
An LTA spokesman said, "The expansion of the rail network presents us with another opportunity to review the signage system once again in its entirety. We will seek to incorporate improvements and best practices from other transit systems... the consultant will be required to submit recommendations by the first quarter of 2016."
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