Legible London
Legible London is a series of wayfinder posts situated in London, England.
They are designed to reduce street clutter and make London a friendly, easy place to walk around. To take into account the different areas of London, the signs could look different according to the area (such as London's Chinatown). They are also trying to help people walk around to make people healthier and relieve stress on London's public transport.
The project will at first cover three pilot areas:
- South Bank and Bankside
- Clear Zone - Covent Garden to Bloomsbury
- Richmond and Twickenham
Each area will have 60-80 signs installed in autumn 2009.[1]
The scheme has been led by Transport for London and is supported by the Mayor of London and many London boroughs and businesses.
However, the scheme has been criticised by, amongst others, the UK Metric Association (UKMA) on the grounds that the signs give distances in units of time (minutes) rather than units of length (metres). The former are subjective since the time taken depends on the average walking speed of the pedestrian, which will vary according to the fitness of the individual and the walking conditions at the time. The use of metres would give an objective measure that the pedestrian can interpret according to his or her personal walking speed, which can vary from less than 50 m/min (slow) to over 100 m/min (brisk walking).
References
- ^ Legible London Pilots, retrieved 13 Jan 2009