A new service provides transit users live, real-time displays of all transportation options within proximity to various locations in downtown Seattle, Washington.
As discussed on the Seattle Transit Blog by Frank Chiachiere, the Seattle Department of Transportation has teamed up with TransitScreen to provide readable multi-modal information to transit riders. The screens contain easy to read information on bus and rail arrival times, and bike-share and carshare location and availability, so that riders can make informed decisions as to their travel mode choice.
Following the lead of a number of other North American cities such as Washington D.C., San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and San Diego, Seattle has been working hard to implement new technologies making riding transit easier to understand and more transparent.
However, as Chiachiere points out, Seattle still does not have a standardized wayfinding method to pinpoint transit locations, like Vignelli’s 1970 standards manual for New York’s MTA, making the new implementation of TransitScreen perhaps preemptive.
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