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7/11/2011

Complete Trail Wayfinding Systems Mapping, Signing and Marking 2011 California Trails and Greenway Conference

What makes trail users happy? • Good trails! and • Good information!

RIGHT! Randy Anderson, RLA, Principal Emily Duchon, LEED AP, Designer Alta Planning + Design

What makes a complete wayfinding system? • Trail system data: classify and characterize trails and  related features • Signs and markings: clear, complete, consistent • Public information: text, maps, images; printed, on  site and on web

*Planners* *GIS Specialists* *Designers* *Educators*

WRONG! *Planners* *GIS Specialists* *Designers* *Educators*

Benefits of a Great Wayfinding System Awareness, Usefulness: • Increased public awareness of the trails/system • Branding and public relations for the agency and  sponsors/partners • Legibility – public can research, plan and complete  their trip

*Planners* *GIS Specialists* *Designers* *Educators*

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Benefits of a Great Wayfinding System Increased use: • Increased bicycle and walking trips = reduced  congestion and greenhouse gases • Integration with regional bike and walk ways, transit • Health and recreational benefits

*Planners* *GIS Specialists* *Designers* *Educators*

Benefits of a Great Wayfinding System Better/Easier Management: • Fewer incidents, conflicts and impacts • Better agency and inter‐agency planning, coordination • Improved emergency and maintenance access and  coordination

Benefits of a Great Wayfinding System A better trail experience: • Better safety, security and convenience • A more interesting and fun – can concentrate on  scenery

*Planners* *GIS Specialists* *Designers* *Educators*

Steps to a Successful Wayfinding Program 1. Work with expert(s): – Agency and public engagement – ADA and traffic control standards  – GIS data organization and mapping – Sign and marking graphic design and construction – Trail planning, design and management Benefit from others’ experience!

*Planners* *GIS Specialists* *Designers* *Educators*

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Steps to a Successful Wayfinding Program

Steps to a Successful Wayfinding Program

2. Identify responsible parties/key stakeholders:

3. Establish agency/organization communication  and coordination

– Trail manager(s) – Other agencies/departments with jurisdiction – Public safety and emergency response – Others who may use the route – flood control, utility,  agricultural 

– Agree on basic  objectives and scope – Discuss current  practices and  systems – Agree on basic  wayfinding elements  and concepts – Agree on process

Steps to a Successful Wayfinding Program

Steps to a Successful Wayfinding Program

4.  Solicit public and stakeholder input 

5. Gather and analyze base data – use GIS to:

– Trail use patterns and desires – Destinations and connections – existing and future – Comments on basic elements and concepts – Ideas for improvement

– Inventory existing wayfinding  elements – Physical and use setting– trail  types, allowed uses, support  features, connecting trails – Context: bike routes, transit, key  destinations, jurisdictions

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Steps to a Successful Wayfinding Program

Steps to a Successful Wayfinding Program

6.  Coordinate or integrate traffic 

7. Coordinate or integrate with  signs for protection of   resources, facilities, property 

safety features and standards  – Road or rail crossings – Crosswalks  – traffic calming – Safety warnings, barriers,  gates, signals  – CA MUTCD compliance  highly desirable American River Parkway Assessment

Steps to a Successful Wayfinding Program

Steps to a Successful Wayfinding Program

8. Coordinate or integrate with  info on use designations,  regulations and courtesy

9. Coordinate or integrate with interpretive and art  elements

Trails at the North Carolina Museum of Art

River Interpretive Media along the East Bank Esplanade in Portland, OR

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Steps to a Successful Wayfinding Program

Elements of Mapping and Wayfinding

10. Study, test and adapt the  system to make sure it works

Trail System Maps and Data

Trail System Maps and Data

Maps Are the Basis of a Wayfinding Plan 

What should be on a User  Map?

• GIS to inventory, organize, plan, and design the trail system;  wayfinding and other elements

• • • • • • •

Recycle Your Data! • Static/Paper Maps • Web Based Maps • “Your are here” Kiosk  Map

Trail type (paved, unpaved, class) Designated/allowed uses Accessibility information Destinations, services and amenities Jurisdictions, Park areas, Logos How to access – Transit stops, Bicycle Routes, Parking Scale, distance information, mileposts 

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Web Based Maps Map with Regional Trail Logo

The Backbone Trail, Santa Monica Mountains

Interactive Route Mapping

Bay Area Ridge Trail Map

Interactive Route Mapping

• Trip and route planning  • Web‐based tours • Record collective knowledge  – Bikely.com – StepWhere.com – Panoramio.com

City of San Jose Google Earth Trail Tour

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Mapboards and Kiosks

Sign and Marking Design

• Orientation  ‐ “you are here” • Map kiosks – static and interactive • Inlaid maps or art features

• Design Protocol‐ size, shape, material and mounting  • Graphics – elements, symbols, logos (trail, agency  and/or funder), colors, themes  • Text – font, size, colors 

Sign and Marking Design

Bike Route Signs Sign and Marking Design

CA MUTCD Signs

CA MUTCD Modified Signs

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Sign and Marking Design

Sign and Marking Design

• Symbols Are Universal 

City of El Monte Pedestrian Wayfinding

Direction Signs

Confirmation Signs

Destination & Distance Information

CA Coastal Trail – Northern CA

Springwater Trail, OR

Identification Signs

• Name of the Trail/  Corridor • Direction of  Local/Regional  Destinations • Connecting Trails • Distance / Time • Use Information • Agency Logos Willamette River Trail, OR

San Francisco Bay Trail, CA

Los Gatos Creek Trail, CA

Trail Medallions

San Francisco Bay Trail, CA

California Coastal Trail

Bay Area Ridge Trail

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Schematic Concept 2  Signing Stystem

Milepost/Confirmation Signs Identification Signs Mile Markers

San Francisco Bay Trail, CA

Willamette River Trail, OR

Los Gatos Creek Trail, CA

Hudson River Greenway, NY

San Francisco Bay Trail, CA

Salem Lake Trail, MN

Pavement Markings • Trail use, direction, mile marker,  boundary info

OC&E State Trail, OR

California Coastal Trail

Tobacco Heritage Trail, VA

Pavement Markings • On street markings for bicyclists (bike lane stencils and  bike boulevard markings) • Sidewalk markings for pedestrians (painted, inlayed,  sandblasted) • Pathway markings for a variety of trail user types

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Pavement Markings

Visual Cues • Tactile and Auditory Cues – Tactile warning strips – Material changes

• Art Elements • Interpretive Elements

Gateway Elements

Gateway Elements

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Recap – Key Steps

Recap – Key Steps

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. Coordinate/integrate: 

Expert advice/assistance Involve key  agency partners and stakeholders Initiate a coordinated process Involve public and stakeholder groups Prepare a GIS database and plan – trail system and  wayfinding elements

Recap – Key Wayfinding Elements 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Static/printed user maps Web maps and info Site maps Directional and informational signs Route and info pavement markings Visual cues

– Traffic control and safety – Resource and property protection – Trail use regs and courtesies – Interpretive and art

7. Test and adapt in field

Questions?

Alta Planning + Design

Randy Anderson, Principal [email protected] Emily Duchon, Designer [email protected] www.altaplanning.com

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