[URBAN NOTE] On the new Toronto PATH map (#path360)

[rfmcdonald]

In Toronto tries to simplify byzantine PATH map. Take a look", the Toronto Star reports on a new map for Toronto's PATH network.

A new map for the downtown PATH was posted on Monday morning in the Royal Bank Plaza, after a recent survey found that 81 per cent of PATH users found the old signage didn’t help them navigate the underground system.

Some 200,000 pedestrians travel the PATH underground network each workday between 80 buildings, including five major banks.

The network keeps them out of the wind and snow but the Toronto Financial District BIA admits in a press release it’s “also notoriously difficult to navigate, especially for new users.”

Comments on the new map and signage are sought in an online survey and through #PATH360 on Twitter.

“We know there are further refinements to make and we hope both PATH experts and new users take the opportunity to assist in making the new map the best it can be,” said Evan Weinberg, policy and advocacy manager at the Toronto Financial District BIA, in a prepared statement.