{"id":15935,"date":"2013-01-18T12:20:28","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T17:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/?p=15935"},"modified":"2013-01-21T12:03:52","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T17:03:52","slug":"urban-planet-wayfinding-maps-encourage-walkability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2013\/01\/18\/urban-planet-wayfinding-maps-encourage-walkability\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: New York rolls out wayfinding signs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/transportationnation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/wayfinding-nyc-maps-people.jpeg\" width=\"600\" height=\"529\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/transportationnation.org\/2013\/01\/14\/look-nyc-to-add-citywide-wayfinding-maps-to-encourage-walking\/\">New York City&#8217;s transportation commission has installed maps <\/a>across the city to promote businesses and pedestrian activity throughout the city. Starting in March, New York City will install 150 \u2018wayfinding\u2019 signs on sidewalks in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens as part of a citywide system that will roll out in phases. The sidewalk signage will show pedestrians where they are and which way they are facing \u2014 a study last year found that <a href=\"http:\/\/transportationnation.org\/2011\/06\/27\/nyc-dot-planning-unified-pedestrian-wayfinding-signage-around-city\/\" target=\"_blank\">many New Yorkers couldn\u2019t point to north<\/a> when asked. Transit, local attractions, and businesses are placed on a large map of the\u00a0local street grid with \u00a0circles indicating where you can reach with a five minute walk, and how long it will take to get to other attractions.<\/p>\n<p>Image via NYC DOT<\/p>\n<p><em>Urban Planet is a roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Spacing\/111174192229238\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#%21\/Spacing\">Twitter<\/a>. Do you have an Urban Planet worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? Send the link to <a href=\"mailto:urbanplanet@spacing.ca\">urbanplanet@spacing.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City&#8217;s transportation commission has installed maps across the city to promote businesses and pedestrian activity throughout the city. Starting in March, New York City will install 150 \u2018wayfinding\u2019 signs on sidewalks in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens as part of a citywide system that will roll out in phases. 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