P23
Active Member
The "expert" that metrolinks hired would disagree with that and say that hyphenated names aren't good and we need everything to have a unique name. This was also the same person that came up with the signage for the pan am games
The Pan Am wayfinding was very well done, and I'm inclined to agree with them here. Signage, wayfinding, announcements etc. are all made much easier for people to understand with short, unique names. Intersection names might be helpful if a line runs across multiple streets, but they rarely do in Toronto. Naming every Yonge line station "Yonge-X" is adding no useful information. Plus there's that quirky Dundas street, it intersects with Bloor twice!
Also, for people bringing up other cities using street names for stations; you can find just as many cities that use mostly neighbourhoods or landmarks, so it's a silly counterpoint.