- Cincinnati Metro will replace 3,700 signs across Hamilton County over two years.
- The $6.5 million project, funded by federal dollars secured by U.S. Rep. Greg Landsman, includes 400 benches and 200 shelters.
- University of Cincinnati students helped design the new signs with larger route numbers and QR codes.
More benches and shelters, nice signs? Small but nice QoL improvements if you ask me. Makes the bus look more attractive to ride (no matter how small the changes are.)
4 Comments
timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 154d
This will honestly be nice. I ride a bit and most stops I go to have a bench maybe but shelters and benches all over helps. That and clear visible signage. Can't tell you how dumb it is when you're looking at the app trying to find a stop that's unfamiliar to you and you are looking for nothing that different than a parking/etc. size sign which is duplicated of course by all the parking signs, etc.
curve@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 155d
new signs
qr code sign
No idea how to make them bigger/inline.
unrealMinotaur@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 155d
Wait... Why do 600 benches / shelters cost 6.5Mil?
curve@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 155d
Not sure of the breakdown but those shelters alone won't be cheap plus the benches of course. That also includes 3700 signs as well. That plus all the labor, etc. etc.