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New Subway Signs Costing $800K
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Jen Carlson
Published May 10, 2010
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With so many changes happening in the system, NYC Transit is replacing 3,000 signs and 25,000 maps by a June 28th deadline, the same day trains like the V and W will become extinct. John Montemarano, director of the station signage division, told the NY Times, “We make sure our customers can wake up on June 28 and figure out how the hell to get around.”
The cost of averting confusion is expected to be around $800,000, and the Crown Heights shop that's been working on the signs told their employees no vacations until July in order to create everything from stickers to porcelain signs by the deadline. One worker spoke to NYC Transit being a holy grail, and told the paper, “You don’t pass up a job like this." While Helvetica is the official typeface of the system, wouldn't it be fun to change it up with, say, a little Comic Sans? No?
Don't expect the old signs to show up at Billy's Antiques, they're set to be donated to the city’s transit archives or sold online.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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