Ryan Packer’s tweet about new wayfinding in Downtown Seattle. Now Sound Transit is planning to change things up by revising the exit numbering system exits will be denoted with letters instead. The wayfinding strategy was based upon best practices used by systems like Hong Kong and Vancouver.Ī year in, the wayfinding remains but the posted wall decals have begun to peel off walls since it was only meant as a pilot trial. Each exit was given a unique number and wall directories were posted to offer information on destinations and sights that could be found in relation to exits. Sound Transit’s wayfinding updatesĪhead of the pandemic, Sound Transit rolled out specialized wayfinding in the fall of 2019 to aid rider navigation to exits and points of interest at Westlake, University Street, Pioneer Square, and International District/Chinatown Stations. Sound Transit is also embarking on tweaks to in-station navigation later this month with bigger changes in the fall. The first sightings came last week with Seattle’s new pilot wayfinding scheme in Downtown Seattle. (Sound Transit)Īs the Puget Sound Region comes out of a year’s-long pandemic hibernation, local agencies are hard at work improving the wayfinding system for people walking, rolling, biking, and riding transit. Mockup of what new overhead wayfinding signs will look like at Westlake Station.

Westlake light rail station