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Title: Evaluation of Roadway Guide Signs at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Canada
Accession Number: 01153236
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: A new terminal building resulting in the expansion of the road network was built at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Canada. A laboratory study was carried out to assess the effectiveness of the proposed guide signs. Participants’ decision times and the accuracy of the lane choices selected to reach a provided destination were measured as they responded to a sequence of road signs guiding them into and out of the airport presented on a desktop computer. The key results were as follows: participants showed high response accuracies and fast response times for signs for airport entry, the split between terminals, and the split between arrivals and departures; signs listing the airport terminals for nine airlines on each sign were associated with excessive response times; the split to parking at the arrivals–departures–parking decision point was misunderstood by one-third to one-half of drivers, who assumed that they could continue to the curbside, expecting to find parking there; and the current widely used car rental pictogram was poorly understood, and a new alternative design was preferred by participants.
Monograph Title: Human Performance, Simulation, and User Information Research Monograph Accession #: 01328277
Report/Paper Numbers: 10-2407
Language: English
Authors: Smahel, ThomasSmiley, AlisonPagination: pp 63-70
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 9780309160582
Media Type: Print
Features: Figures
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; Photos
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; References
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; Tables
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TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Aviation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities; I73: Traffic Control
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Jan 25 2010 11:08AM
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