City unveils wayfinding pedestrian-transit pilot project in Toronto
Posted June 15, 2015 1:42 pm.
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The City of Toronto has unveiled its new wayfinding pedestrian and transit pilot project in the downtown core.
It’s described as an integrated system that will help people move from place to place by using signs, maps, electronic apps and physical landmarks.
Public Works Committee chair Coun. Jaye Robinson said it’s a much more visitor-friendly system than what currently exists.
“We are one of the world’s most livable cities, and our new pedestrian and transit wayfinding pilot project is going to make it even easier for residents and visitors to find and enjoy everything we have to offer,” Robinson said on Monday.
The city has partnered with the Financial District BIA, St. Lawrence BIA, Tourism Toronto, Pan Am Host City Showcase program and the TTC.
The project includes 25 signs and finger posts, 38 updated transit shelter maps and a dozen updated info-pillar maps, which will let people know which direction they are facing and will include walking distances to landmarks.
Grant Humes, the executive director of the Toronto Financial District BIA, said he thinks it will be more than just tourists who find it useful.
“Many people who work down here, they come down by transit, or they drive down, they bike, they walk […] they know how to get to their office, they know how to get where they’re going for lunch, and they know how to get their favourite store, but they probably don’t wander too far beyond that in their regular work day,” Humes said.
Robinson said a cycling wayfinding strategy on the waterfront trail and west Toronto rail path will be rolled out later this year.
Click here for more information on the city’s wayfinding strategy.
