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5. Wayfinding Signs Staff Report 08 22 23 Staff Report Date of Meeting: August 22, 2032 To: Tourism Committee From: Kyle Morell, City Administrator Re: Wayfinding Signage I want to renew your discussion of Wayfinding Signage and the requirement of a Master Plan to be submitted to MnDOT. I do not believe this Committee’s request for funds made it into the 2023 budget. I connected with a representative from Bolton and Menk, the City’s Engineering firm, who has done Wayfinding Master Plans for other communities. I will have some more information from him at our meeting. I have included documents from MnDOT detailing the requirements of the Master Plan for discussion at the meeting. 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If used, the local transit pictograph and/or carpool symbolshall be located in the top part of the sign above the messagePARK - RIDE. In no case shall the vertical dimension of thelocal transit pictograph and/or carpool symbol exceed 18inches. If the function of the parking facility is to provide parkingfor persons using public transportation, the local transitpictograph should be used on the guide sign. If the functionof the parking facility is to serve carpool riders, the carpoolsymbol should be used on the guide sign. If the parkingfacility serves both functions, both the pictograph andcarpool symbol should be used. These signs shall have a retroreflective white legend andborder on a rectangular green background. The carpoolsymbol shall be as shown for the D4-2 sign. The color of thelocal transit pictograph shall be selected by the local transitauthority. To increase the target value and contrast of the localtransit pictograph, and to allow the local transit pictographto retain its distinctive color and shape, the pictograph maybe included within a white border or placed on a whitebackground.2D.49 Weigh Station Signing (D8 Series) The general concept for Weigh Station signing is similarto Rest Area signing (see Section 2I.05) because in bothcases traffic using either area remains within the right-of-way. The standard installation for Weigh Station signing shallinclude three basic signs:A. Advance sign (D8-1);B. Exit Direction sign (D8-2), andC. Gore sign (D8-3). Example locations of these signs are shown in Figure 2D-17. OPTION:OPTION: STANDARD:STANDARD: GUIDANCE:GUIDANCE: STANDARD:STANDARD: OPTION:OPTION: SUPPORT:SUPPORT: STANDARD:STANDARD: SUPPORT:SUPPORT: Where State law requires a regulatory sign (R13-X1) inadvance of the Weigh Station, a fourth sign (see Section2B.60) may be located following the Advance sign. The Exit Direction sign (D8-2) or the Advance sign (D8-1) should display, either within the sign border or on a sup-plemental plaque or sign panel, the changeable messageOPEN or CLOSED.2D.50 Community Wayfinding Signs Community wayfinding guide signs are part of acoordinated and continuous system of signs that directtourists and other road users to key civic, cultural, visitor,and recreational attractions and other destinations within acity or a local urbanized or downtown area.Community wayfinding guide signs are a type ofdestination guide sign for conventional roads with acommon color and/or identification enhancement marker fordestinations within an overall wayfinding guide sign plan foran area.Figures 2D-18 through 2D-20 illustrate various examplesof the design and application of community wayfindingguide signs. The use of community wayfinding guide signs shall belimited to conventional roads. Community wayfinding guidesigns shall not be installed on freeway or expresswaymainlines or ramps. Direction to community wayfindingdestinations from a freeway or expressway shall be limitedto the use of a Supplemental Guide sign (see Section 2E.35)on the mainline and a Destination sign (see Section 2D.37)on the ramp to direct road users to the area or areas withinwhich community wayfinding guide signs are used. Theindividual wayfinding destinations shall not be displayed onthe Supplemental Guide and Destination signs except wherethe destinations are in accordance with the State or agencypolicy on Supplemental Guide signs.Community wayfinding guide signs shall not be used toprovide direction to primary destinations or highway routesor streets. Destination or other guide signs shall be used forthis purpose as described elsewhere in this Chapter and shallhave priority over any community wayfinding sign inplacement, prominence, and conspicuity.Because regulatory, warning, and other guide signs havea higher priority, community wayfinding guide signs shallnot be installed where adequate spacing cannot be provided OPTION:OPTION: GUIDANCE:GUIDANCE: SUPPORT:SUPPORT: STANDARD:STANDARD:MN Rev. 6 2D-38February, 2018 4000 feet Approximate 800 feetMinimum D8-3 D8-2 D8-1 R13-X1 1 mile S T A T I O N N E X T R I G H T I G H S T A T I O N 1 M I L E Direction oftravel Legend T R U CK & COMBINATIONS OVER 1 0,0 0 0 L B S MUST E N T E R W EI G H STATI O N W H EN FLA S H ING Figure 2D-17. Example of Weigh Station SigningMN Rev. 6 2D-39 July, 2013 between the community wayfinding guide sign and otherhigher priority signs. Community wayfinding guide signsshall not be installed in a position where they would obscurethe road users' view of other traffic control devices.Community wayfinding guide signs shall not be mountedoverhead. If used, a community wayfinding guide sign systemshould be established on a local municipal or equivalentjurisdictional level or for an urbanized area of adjoiningmunicipalities or equivalent that form an identifiablegeographic entity that is conducive to a cohesive andcontinuous system of signs. Community wayfinding guidesigns should not be used on a regional or statewide basiswhere infrequent or sparse placement does not contribute toa continuous or coordinated system of signing that is readilyidentifiable as such to the road user. In such cases,Destination or other guide signs detailed in this Chaptershould be used to direct road users to an identifiable area inwhich the type of eligible destination described in Paragraphone of the first Support is located. The specific provisions of this Section regarding thedesign of community wayfinding sign legends apply tovehicular community wayfinding signs and do not apply tothose signs that are intended only to provide information or GUIDANCE:GUIDANCE: SUPPORT:SUPPORT: direction to pedestrians or other users of a sidewalk orroadside area. Because pedestrian wayfinding signs typically usesmaller legends that are inadequately sized for viewing byvehicular traffic and because they can provide direction topedestrians that might conflict with that appropriate forvehicular traffic, wayfinding signs designed for andintended to provide direction to pedestrians or other users ofa sidewalk or other roadside area should be located tominimize their conspicuity to vehicular traffic. Such signsshould be located as far as practical from the street, such asat the far edge of the sidewalk. Where locating such signsfarther from the roadway is not practical, the pedestrianwayfinding signs should have their conspicuity to vehiculartraffic minimized by employing one or a combination of thefollowing methods:A.Locating signs away from intersections where high-priority traffic control devices are present. B.Facing the pedestrian message toward the sidewalkand away from the street. C.Cantilevering the sign over the sidewalk if thepedestrian wayfinding sign is mounted at a heightconsistent with vehicular traffic signs, removing thepedestrian wayfinding signs from the line of sight in asequence of vehicular signs. GUIDANCE:GUIDANCE: Figure 2D-18 Examples of Community Wayfinding Guide Signs HA M I LT ONRogersLocomotive OverlookPark VisitorCenter CityHall Community Center SOUTHHILL RenwickDistricts Collegetown SouthHill Lakefront SouthH ill Lakefront A -CommunityWayfindingGuideSignswithEnhancementMarkers B-DestinationGuideSignsforColor-CodedCommunityWayfindingSystem HA M ILT ONH istoricDistrict GreatFalls MN Rev. 2 2D-40December, 2011 To further minimize their conspicuity to vehicular trafficduring nighttime conditions, pedestrian wayfinding signsshould not be retroreflective. Color coding is sometimes used on communitywayfinding guide signs to help road users distinguishbetween multiple potentially confusing traffic generator des-tinations located in different neighborhoods or subareaswithin a community or area. SUPPORT:SUPPORT: At the boundaries of the geographical area within whichcommunity wayfinding guide signing is used, an informa-tional guide sign (see Figures 2D-18 and 2D-20) may beposted to inform road users about the presence ofwayfinding signing and to identify the meanings of thevarious color codes or pictographs that are being used. OPTION:OPTION: Figure 2D-19 Example of a Community Wayfinding Guide Sign SystemShowing Direction from a Freeway or Expressway HA M I LT ON RogersLocomotive OverlookPark VisitorCenter CityHall HA M ILT ON PhoenixM ill OverlookPark VisitorCenter HA M ILT ON O verlookPark VisitorCenter HA M ILT ON VisitorCenterl PhoenixM ill OverlookPark HA M I LT ON PARKING Rogers Locomotive GREATFALLS OVERLOOK PARK VISITOR CENTER ROGERS LOCOMOTIVE PHOENIX MILL CITY HALL DESTINATIONGUIDESIGN SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDESIGN HA M ILT ON H istoricDistrict GreatFalls GreatFalls H istoricDistrict G reatFa l ls H isto ri cD ist ri ct 57EXIT 2D-41 December, 2011 These informational guide signs shall have a white legendand border on a green background and shall have a designsimilar to that illustrated in Figures 2D-1 and 2D-18 andshall be consistent with the basic design principles for guidesigns. These informational guide signs shall not be installedon freeway or expressway mainlines or ramps.The color coding or a pictograph of the identificationenhancement markers of the community wayfinding guidesigning system shall be included on the informational guidesign posted at the boundary of the community wayfindingguide signing area. The color coding or pictographs shall STANDARD:STANDARD:apply to a specific, identifiable neighborhood or geographi-cal subarea within the overall area covered by thecommunity wayfinding guide signing. Color coding orpictographs shall not be used to distinguish betweendifferent types of destinations that are within the samedesignated neighborhood or subarea. The color coding shallbe accomplished by the use of different colored square orrectangular panels on the face of the informational guidesign, each positioned to the left of the neighborhood ornamed geographic area to which the color-coding panelapplies. The height of the colored square or rectangularpanels shall not exceed two times the height of the upper-case letters of the principal legend on the sign. Figure 2D-20 Example of a Color-Coded Community Wayfinding Guide Sign System RenwickDistricts Collegetown SouthHill Lakefront VISITOR CENTER ARTMUSEUM COLLEGETOWN PERFORMING ARTSCENTER RENWICK CORPORATEBOUNDARY Colorcodingpanelsareusedonly whenoptionaldestinationguide signisusedatwayfindingboundaryOPTIONAL DESTINATION GUIDESIGN ATWAYFINDING BOUNDARY (seeSection2D.3) DESTINATIONGUIDESIGN GENERAL INFORMATION SIGN(seeSection2H.5) LAKEFRONTSTEWART PARKDOWNTOWNSOUTHHILLCOMMUNITY CENTER CLINTON HOUSE PARKING DESTINATIONGUIDESIGN * * * SouthH ill Lakefront Collegetown Performing ArtsCenter ArtM useum Collegetown C linton H ouse PARKING Downtown C ommunity Center SouthHill Overlook Cayuga VisitorCenter StewartPark Renwick ENTERING Lakefront Horizontal lines of a color that contrasts with the signbackground color should be used to separate groups of des-tinations by direction from each other. The basic requirement for all highway signs, includingcommunity wayfinding signs, is that they be legible to thosefor whom they are intended and that they be understandablein time to permit a proper response. Section 2A.6 containsadditional information on the design of signs, includingdesirable attributes of effective designs. Word messages should be as brief as practical and thelettering should be large enough to provide the necessarylegibility distance. The minimum specific ratio of letter height to legibilitydistance shall comply with the provisions of Section 2A.13.The size of lettering used for destination and directionallegends on community wayfinding signs shall comply withthe provisions of minimum letter heights as provided inSection 2D.6.Interline and edge spacing shall comply with theprovisions of Section 2D.6.Except as provided in the following Option,the letteringstyle used for destination and directional legends oncommunity wayfinding guide signs shall comply with theprovisions of Section 2D.5.The lettering for destinations on community wayfindingguide signs shall be a combination of lower-case letters withinitial upper-case letters (see Section 2D.5). All other wordmessages on community wayfinding guide signs shall be inall upper-case letters. A lettering style other than the Standard Alphabetsprovided in the "Standard Highway Signs and Markings"book may be used on community wayfinding guide signs ifan engineering study determines that the legibility andrecognition values for the chosen lettering style meet orexceed the values for the Standard Alphabets for the samelegend height and stroke width. Except for signs that are intended to be viewed only bypedestrians, bicyclists stopped out of the flow of traffic, oroccupants of parked vehicles, Internet and e-mail addresses,including domain names and uniform resource locators(URL), shall not be displayed on any communitywayfinding guide sign or sign assembly. SUPPORT:SUPPORT: GUIDANCE:GUIDANCE: STANDARD:STANDARD: OPTION:OPTION: STANDARD:STANDARD: 2D-42December, 2011 The different colored square or rectangular panels mayinclude either a black or a white (whichever provides thebetter contrast with the color of the panel) letter, numeral, orother appropriate designation to identify the destination.Except for the informational guide sign posted at theboundary of the wayfinding guide sign area, communitywayfinding guide signs may use background colors otherthan green in order to provide a color identification for thewayfinding destinations by geographical area within theoverall wayfinding guide signing system. Color-codedcommunity wayfinding guide signs may be used with orwithout the boundary informational guide sign displayingcorresponding color-coding panels described in the previoustwo Options and the previous Standard. Except as providedin paragraphs one and two of the following Standard, inaddition to the colors that are approved in this Manual foruse on official traffic control signs (see Section 2A.10),other background colors may also be used for the colorcoding of community wayfinding guide signs. The standard colors of red, orange, yellow, purple, or thefluorescent versions thereof, fluorescent yellow-green, andfluorescent pink shall not be used as background colors forcommunity wayfinding guide signs, in order to minimizepossible confusion with critical, higher-priority regulatoryand warning sign color meanings readily understood by roadusers.The minimum luminance ratio of legend to backgroundfor community wayfinding guide signs shall be 3:1.All messages, borders, legends, and backgrounds ofcommunity wayfinding guide signs and any identificationenhancement markers shall be retroreflective (see Sections2A.7 and 2A.8). Community wayfinding guide signs, exclusive of anyidentification enhancement marker used, should berectangular in shape. Simplicity and uniformity in design,position, and application as described in Section 2A.6 areimportant and should be incorporated into the communitywayfinding guide sign design and location plans for the area. Community wayfinding guide signs should be limited tothree destinations per sign (see Section 2D.7).Abbreviations (see Section 1A.15) should be kept to aminimum, and should include only those that are commonlyrecognized and understood. OPTION:OPTION: STANDARD:STANDARD: GUIDANCE:GUIDANCE: The arrow location and priority order of destinations shallfollow the provisions described in Sections 2D.8 and 2D.37.Arrows shall be of the designs provided in Section 2D.8. Pictographs (see definition in Section 1A.13) may be usedon community wayfinding guide signs. If a pictograph is used, its height shall not exceed twotimes the height of the upper-case letters of the principallegend on the sign. Except for pictographs, symbols that are not approved inthis Manual for use on guide signs shall not be used oncommunity wayfinding guide signs.Business logos, commercial graphics, or other forms ofadvertising (see Section 1A.1) shall not be used oncommunity wayfinding guide signs or sign assemblies. Other graphics that specifically identify the wayfindingsystem, including identification enhancement markers, maybe used on the overall sign assembly and sign supports. An enhancement marker consists of a shape, color, and/orpictograph that is used as a visual identifier for thecommunity wayfinding guide signing system for an area.Figure 2D-18 shows examples of identificationenhancement marker designs that can be used withcommunity wayfinding guide signs. An identification enhancement marker may be used in acommunity wayfinding guide sign assembly, or may beincorporated into the overall design of a communitywayfinding guide sign, as a means of visually identifying thesign as part of an overall system of community wayfindingsigns and destinations. The sizes and shapes of identification enhancementmarkers shall be smaller than the community wayfindingguide signs themselves. Identification enhancement markersshall not be designed to have an appearance that could bemistaken by road users as being a traffic control device. The area of the identification enhancement marker shouldnot exceed 1/5 of the area of the community wayfindingguide sign with which it is mounted in the same signassembly. OPTION:OPTION: STANDARD:STANDARD: OPTION:OPTION: SUPPORT:SUPPORT: OPTION:OPTION: STANDARD:STANDARD: GUIDANCE:GUIDANCE: 2D.51 Truck, Passing, or Climbing LaneSigns (D17-1 and D17-2) If an extra lane has been provided for trucks and otherslow-moving traffic, a NEXT TRUCK LANE XX MILES(D17-1) sign and/or a TRUCK LANE XX MILES (D17-2)sign should be installed in advance of the lane. Alternative legends such as PASSING LANE orCLIMBING LANE may be used instead of TRUCK LANE.Section 2B.31 contains information regarding regulatorysigns for these types of lanes.2D.52 Slow Vehicle Turn-Out Sign (D17-7) If a slow vehicle turn-out area has been provided forslow-moving traffic, a SLOW VEHICLE TURN-OUT XXMILES (D17-7) sign should be installed in advance of theturn-out area. Section 2B.35 contains information regarding regulatorysigns for slow vehicle turn-out areas. TRUCK LANE MILE12/ NEXT TRUCK LANE MILES2 D17-2D17-1 GUIDANCE:GUIDANCE: OPTION:OPTION: SLOWVEHICLE TURN-OUT MILE12/ D17-7 GUIDANCE:GUIDANCE: OPTION:OPTION: 2D-43 December, 2011