If you go on vacation to see the famous Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco \nyou will be rewarded with a view of extraordinary construction. It is quite \nimpressive and you can either ride across the bridge with a bike, or walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At each end of the bridge you have the chance to cross under the bridge so you can see the other side without hitting the car traffic and midlane barriers. Here you will meet a sign which is quite special because most likely, you will be more confused than feeling instructed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Its intention clearly is to tell you what you are allowed to do and what not. Also to issue warnings for your safety. I stood there for a moment and started processing the visuals. Not after long, I did what everyone else did. Just walked wherever I could. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nevertheless did I find it interesting enough to make it a case for the examples presented in my blog. The markings set are just the very obvious points to address. There would have been even more subtle points but too much for this chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\nAlso impressive amount of information, right? But what means what?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Findings<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n
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Some general impressions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b8 Redundant Rules (e.g. No Pedestrians 3 times) \u25b8 Odd Rules (e.g. No Pestrians allowed but Bike Walkers) \u25b8 Unclear time expressions (3:30 AM\/PM?) \u25b8 Unclear whether other transportation prohibited on underground walkway as well \u25b8 Yellow sign confuses with its information design, both, times and for which way the information applies \u25b8 Doubtful indirect definition of \u201cNight Times\u201d \u25b8 No distinction in signage for pushing or riding bike \u25b8 Unclear whether pedestrians are always prohibited on upper bridge way (signs leave open the option to cross the bridge upper deck at night)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Concrete Finding Examples<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
1 Riding or pushing bike, or both ? 2 Does that violate against the \u201cno pedestrian\u201d sign ? Pushing a bike is also walking\u2026 3 Another box and another \u201cno pedestrians\u201d sign. Unclear where it applies to. 4 Another \u201cno pedestrian\u201d sign 5 Above this number a time, 3:30, AM or PM ? 6 Are these times identical in meaning with points 8 and 9 ? 7 Another \u201cno pedestrian\u201d sign 8 Again, unclear if 3:30 AM or PM 9 Times valid for walkway or the driveway across the bridge? There is a bold line between those times. Does it have a meaning ? 10 Third time with some kind of a time schedule; Holidays missing<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Solutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
All 3 suggestions are way easier to follow and understand than the original one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I rearranged a lot of information and modified the layout to function more like a decision table. The three variations have a different starting focus. Depending on what the authorities primary goal is, one of those solutions should convey and inform the way it is desired.<\/p>\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\nFocus: What is allowed and at which times ?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\nFocus: What is not allowed + alternative use at night (when riding not possible -> walking under bridge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\nFocus: Mind driven. First focus on person’s case (ped. or cyclist). Then what is allowed at times, etc.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
At each end of the Golden Gate bridge you have the chance to cross under the bridge so you \ncan see the other side without hitting the car traffic and middle lane barriers. \nHere you will meet a sign which is quite special because most likely, you will be \nmore confused than feeling instructed. Take a look yourself!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[208,168],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golden-gate-bridge-confusion","category-infodesign-ux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverlight.christianweihrauch.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverlight.christianweihrauch.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverlight.christianweihrauch.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverlight.christianweihrauch.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverlight.christianweihrauch.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4500"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/silverlight.christianweihrauch.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4527,"href":"https:\/\/silverlight.christianweihrauch.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4500\/revisions\/4527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverlight.christianweihrauch.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverlight.christianweihrauch.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverlight.christianweihrauch.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverlight.christianweihrauch.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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