09-08-2018, 06:14 PM
(09-08-2018, 04:15 PM)Canard Wrote: ....
Regarding the new signage, I really wish it was just arrows pointing down from the icons, not the verbiage "LEFT" and "RIGHT". You'll get used to thinknig "Oh, cyclists are Left, cool - got it!" then when you make the return trip it changes. If it was just arrows, no association is made.
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This is absolutely the case. Not only should it be arrows because it is clearer, it should be arrows because it is best practice for sign design. Writing "left" and "right" requires that the reader speak english. Which in a bilingual country (or any country for that matter) shouldn't be assumed. When there is a clear, well designed pictograph or icon which represents the concept clearly (or in this case *more* clearly) it should ALWAYS be preferred.
Moreover, design should naturally suggest function. They've come part way here with the line on the path, but they could have gone even further and paved the one trail in concrete to make it look like a sidewalk, this would have suggested that one is for walking without any signage required at all.
Quote:... I love it, otherwise.
Absolutely agreed, this is just nitpicking (although frankly something I wish some folks around here were more amenable too, understanding how one can do better is *always* important, no matter how well something works).