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CVTA committee approves Hanover revisions to Fall Line Trail wayfinding signs
Summary
The Central Virginia Transportation Authority approved amendments to the Fall Line Trail wayfinding plan to adopt revised pedestrian, mile-marker and directional signs for Hanover County, removing small in-panel maps in favor of QR links and larger jurisdiction panels; the motion passed by roll call.
Hanover County’s proposed revisions to wayfinding signs for the Fall Line Trail won approval from the Central Virginia Transportation Authority committee after a short, specially called meeting.
Philip Kemp, who leads the public-works effort on the project, told the committee the county contracted Holiday Signs to produce prototypes under the CVTA wayfinding plan and that the prototypes revealed several usability problems. “The Fall Line Trail is now open to the public. It’s a great facility,” Kemp said, then described design flaws: maps on mile-marker and pedestrian panels were too small and placed so low users would have to bend to read them, icons and fonts overlapped, and the decorative wave element was not legible in the prototype.
The committee heard several practical…
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