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 | |
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BS 8501:2002 | Side view of two human figures on moving walkway | |
ISO 7001 | Side view of two human figures on moving walkway | |
CNIS | Side view of human figure on moving walkway | |
Aldric Rodríguez | Side view of two human figures on moving walkway, arrow | |
Noun Project | Side view of human figure walking on moving walkway | |
MTA | Side view of human figure walking at start of moving walkway, conveyor elements as arrows indicating direction of movement | |
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
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
Updated 2024-12-08 by Ch.Brugger