Our new system map is installed at our stations
Our new system map featuring the new A and E Lines made its public debut online earlier this week. Judging by the huge response on social media, it’s fair to [continue reading]
A closer look at the environmental graphic design at Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station
Environmental graphic design is an important part of transit station design and here’s how we approached the job at the rebuilt Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station. The goals for the station graphics [continue reading]
Testing wayfinding technology at Union Station
This post was written by doreen Morrissey of Metro’s Office of Extraordinary Innovation and Armando Roman of Metro’s Office of Civil Rights. Navigating through Union Station can prove challenging to [continue reading]
Blue Line vintage sign auction on Thursday, Oct. 24, at Union Station
On Thursday, October 24th, the Metro Shop will be hosting a Metro Blue Line Celebration and Vintage Sign Auction event, both live in the Union Station Historic Ticketing Hall from [continue reading]
How We Roll, May 1: the key to improving New York’s subway service
Multimodal Music: Multimodal Symphony from Will Geary on Vimeo. Key to Improving Subway Service in New York? Modern Signals (N.Y. Times) New York’s subway ridership has been up in recent years, but [continue reading]
Signage project to improve way-finding at Union Station is set to begin March 11
[scribd id=210893509 key=key-2erudcstscpbqr81z9gw mode=scroll] When Metro started the Union Station Master Planning process, the agency kicked off with a series of focus groups including many kinds of stakeholders – transit users, transit operators, neighbors and business improvement groups. One of the themes heard overwhelmingly is that while our stakeholders were [continue reading]