the signs are a lower cost example of how rethinking design can make existing infrastructure more useable. … Then again, it doesn’t mean you can’t have some fun with the old parking signs ...

Nikki Sylianteng, living in New York City, is on a one-woman crusade to make parking signs more human-friendly, using a visual design approach and some late-night guerrilla tactics to help improve ...

So she began thinking about how she might be able to solve this problem through design. She realized that with just a little more focus on usability, parking signs could actually be useful.

"I’ve got one-too-many parking tickets because I’ve misinterpreted street parking signs. The current design also poses a driving hazard as it requires drivers to slow down while trying to ...

The DOT modified her design by adding two arrows to the top and bottom of the sign---a detail Sylianteng finds redundant. They also added graphical details that distinguish between "no parking ...

Like most parking signs, New York City’s are text-based, packing too many rules into too few words. When the city commissioned a fancy design firm to overhaul its signs last year, the results ...

The more signs there are, the more confusing that question gets. Designer Nikki Sylianteng is trying to fix the problem through visual design. You can see various iterations of her sign at her ...

The town of Needham, like other towns throughout the country, is slowing replacing the old signage with this new design, when parking lots are being redone. Members of Needham’s Commission on ...

Parking signs in Michigan for people with disabilities ... in a wheelchair to a more active wheelchair user. “The new design helps cut down on the perception that someone is stationary in ...

Learn more about the Creator Network here. Montreal's parking signs are notoriously difficult to process for new residents and tourists. New York and Ottawa have simplified theirs. Why can't ...

The city has the authority to design and then require the private ... City Councilor Andrew Bagley said “a bunch of parking lot signs popped up for non-city lots" about six months ago.