Public transportation is the business card of a city, and the standardized layout of public transportation facilities is as comfortable as a neat layout. It is particularly important to scientifically and reasonably set up public transportation facilities and signs, and form a complete and effective public transportation guidance system.

As an important component of the public transportation guidance system, standardization and rationalization of bus stop signs are becoming increasingly important. Below is a sharing of design specifications for bus stop signs compiled by Tommy Xiong. Let's learn together.

1. Classification and Definition

Bus stop signs are divided into independent and unit stop signs, collective stop signs, lightbox stop signs, and electronic stop signs, each defined as follows:

Independent and Unit Station Sign: A sign set up at a station to provide passengers with boarding service information, that is, a station sign indicating a route.

Gathering Station Sign: An indicator sign set up at a station, consisting of several unit station signs, indicating multiple routes.

Light Box Station Sign: Adopting transparent light box lighting, it has the function of independent and unit station signs as well as collective station signs.

Electronic station sign: An electronic display indicator screen set up at a station to display information such as the direction of arrival of the line, the dynamic position of the operating vehicle, and the expected waiting time to passengers.

2. Basic Information

It shall include the name of this station and its Chinese phonetic alphabet, the name of the line, the name and number of each station along the line (bus with sectional pricing ticket system), the type of vehicle (bus and trolley bus or trolley bus), the direction of travel, the ticket system, the ticket price, the departure time of the first and last buses at the departure station, and other information. In addition, the bus tourist dedicated line station board shall have the Chinese and English names of the bus tourist dedicated line.

3. Specifications

① The top and unit signs of independent and collective signs should be rectangular with small rounded corners. The aspect ratio of independent station boards should be 1:0.618 or 1:0.5, and the aspect ratio of unit station boards for collective station boards should be 1:0.4. Among them, the aspect ratio of the top board for single column collective station boards should be 1:0.4, and the aspect ratio of the top board for parallel collective station boards should be 1:0.2, which can be made in proportion according to needs.

② The combination form of each unit station board in the assembly station board should be single column or parallel, and the number of single column unit station boards should not exceed 6, and parallel should not exceed two columns.

③ The light box station sign should be a rectangular body composed of a top sign, a unit sign, and a light box frame. The thickness of the box should not exceed 200mm, and the length, width, and surface combination form of the sign should refer to the requirements of ① and ② above.

4. Settings

① The distance between the bottom edge of a regular station sign and the ground should not be less than 1700mm; The distance between the top edge of the assembly station board and the ground should not be greater than 2200mm, and the distance between the bottom edge of the lowest unit station board and the ground should not be less than 400mm.

② The setting of station signs on the platform should comply with the clearance requirements of the platform. The distance from the side edge of the stop sign set at the roadside to the curb shall not be less than 300 mm when its surface is perpendicular to the roadway; The distance from the board surface of the station sign facing the roadway to the curb shall not be less than 500mm.

5. Materials

The top plate of the station sign should be made of metal sheet; The framework of the lightbox station sign should be made of stainless steel profiles, and the panel should be made of safe and environmentally friendly transparent materials.

6. Color

The total number of colors on the signboard should not exceed 4, and the combination of various colors should not affect the recognition of text and graphics by color blind and color weak individuals.

7. Label text

① Adopting the officially released simplified characters and Chinese pinyin spelling rules for place names.

② The minimum text size of the station sign should not be less than 10mm × 10mm。

③ The main information represented by the station sign should have a daytime recognition distance of no less than 2 meters for normal or corrected 1.0 vision.

④ Minority autonomous regions should use Chinese characters, Chinese Pinyin, and local minority characters to label station names.

8. Inspection and Maintenance

The inspection and maintenance of station signs should not be less than once a quarter, and the station signs and road sign facilities should be kept complete, intact, and tidy. If defects, deformations, shedding of graphics and font sizes, fading, abnormal display, etc. are found, they should be corrected or replaced in a timely manner.

So the above is an introduction to the design specifications for bus stop signs, hoping to help everyone~