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Moving Walkway

Synonyms / Other Terms Used

Moving Sidewalk, People-mover, Autowalk, Travelator

Category

Public Facilities, Public Services, Travel, Transport Facilities

Message / Function

For notice in general and to indicate the location of a public moving walkway

 

Source Description
BS 8501 Public Information Symbol No 4111: Moving Walkway BS 8501:2002 Side view of two human figures on moving walkway
ISO 7001 Public Information Symbol PI PF 032 Moving Walkway ISO 7001 Side view of two human figures on moving walkway
Hora page 159: CNIS Pictogram Moving Walkway CNIS Side view of human figure on moving walkway
Icon No 760780: Moving Sidewalk by Aldric Rodríguez Aldric Rodríguez Side view of two human figures on moving walkway, arrow
Moving Walkway Noun Project Side view of human figure walking on moving walkway
Hora page 124: Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Pictogram Moving Walkway MTA Side view of human figure walking at start of moving walkway, conveyor elements as arrows indicating direction of movement
Pierce, T. (1996): The International Pictograms Standard, page 44: Moving Walkway, Pasarela Mecánica Pierce Side view of human figure walking at start of moving walkway, conveyor elements as dashed line, ending in arrow indicating direction of movement

Note: Some of the examples shown above were mirrored horizontally to contrast differences.

Discussion

The collection above illustrates that basically one concept is dominating: the side view of one or two human figures on a moving walkway. All pictograms found display also some kind of directional information, which is just indicated by small details in a few of the renderings.

In our research we discovered that there is only very limited test data available:

With about 91 % correct responses among Chinese respondents the pictogram of the Chinese standard GB/T 10001.1-2012, Public Information Graphical Symbols, labeled CNIS in the table above, performed well enough in a Comprehension Test to recommend this concept, as it fulfilled relevant ISO and ANSI requirements (An & Chan, 2017).

Recommendations

MovingWalkway

Based on these test results we recommend the use of a pictogram similar to the Chinese variant displayed here.

As data from research available is limited to one pictogram we recommend to compare this variant with ISO 7001 Public Information Symbol PI PF 032, the MTA pictogram as well as the variant from Pierce shown in the table above, on basis of a Comprehension Test to identify which concept works best. Furthermore we suggest to attempt developing additional pictogram variants without any directional elements and include these in the testing program.

Tests of pictograms of referent Moving Walkway

An, D. & Chan, E.H.W. (2017): Investigating the Comprehension of Public Symbols for Wayfinding in Transit Hubs in China. In: Rau, PL. (eds) Cross-Cultural Design. CCD 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10281. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57931-3_24

See also

Escalator, Stairs
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Updated 2024-12-08 by Ch.Brugger