Comments on: Unofficial Rail map of the Bay Area streamlines and integrates the patchwork of transit http://blinktag.com/unofficial-rail-map-of-the-bay-area-streamlines-and-integrates-the-patchwork-of-transit/ Tue, 18 May 2010 16:12:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Brendan Nee http://blinktag.com/unofficial-rail-map-of-the-bay-area-streamlines-and-integrates-the-patchwork-of-transit/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Brendan Nee Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:31:20 +0000 http://blnktag.com/unofficial-rail-map-of-the-bay-area-streamlines-and-integrates-the-patchwork-of-transit/#comment-145 I think color-coding the lines would help quite a bit with navigation and wouldn't be that difficult to implement. I think color-coding the lines would help quite a bit with navigation and wouldn’t be that difficult to implement.

]]> By: m-go http://blinktag.com/unofficial-rail-map-of-the-bay-area-streamlines-and-integrates-the-patchwork-of-transit/comment-page-1/#comment-142 m-go Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:32:13 +0000 http://blnktag.com/unofficial-rail-map-of-the-bay-area-streamlines-and-integrates-the-patchwork-of-transit/#comment-142 BART should really give up the color coding. BART trains/routes are consistently identified by their terminus stations on platform monitors and station announcements, not by color. Unfamiliar riders often plan their trips by route color, which is conventional with many transit systems that they may be familiar with. These riders are understandably confused when they reach the platform and there is no color reference as to which train they should board to reach their destination. It doesn't help that many platforms have only a single system map (hopefully) inside the paid area for riders to reference. The result: lost and frustrated riders that will probably just rent a car next time they visit San Francisco, that is, after they manage to knock their roller luggage into everyone between them and the station exit. An alternative would be to totally embrace referencing their trains by color. Any thoughts on this? BART should really give up the color coding. BART trains/routes are consistently identified by their terminus stations on platform monitors and station announcements, not by color. Unfamiliar riders often plan their trips by route color, which is conventional with many transit systems that they may be familiar with. These riders are understandably confused when they reach the platform and there is no color reference as to which train they should board to reach their destination. It doesn’t help that many platforms have only a single system map (hopefully) inside the paid area for riders to reference. The result: lost and frustrated riders that will probably just rent a car next time they visit San Francisco, that is, after they manage to knock their roller luggage into everyone between them and the station exit.

An alternative would be to totally embrace referencing their trains by color. Any thoughts on this?

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