Transit agency WMATA has begun installing new Metro pylons at the Bethesda Metro station. This one is on Woodmont Avenue. The primary change is the use of a colored circle to designate the Metro line(s) that operate through each station. Letters - in this case, "RD" for Red Line (not Robert Dyer) - have been placed inside the circle for riders who are color blind. I have posted a photo of the classic stripe design below for comparison purposes. The new design is - like most changes WMATA has made over the last decade - a step down in aesthetics, though not as glaring as the operating room-esque lighting that has wrecked the dramatic original lighting effect inside stations. Surprised and relieved they didn't drop the classic brown for lemon yellow, at this point. Nuts!
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| Old design, for comparison |
3 comments:
Moribund signage
Well, It’s About Time !!
It’s odd that the new pylons include RD in the red circle. The new Metro System maps just show a single letter R in a red circle to make things even more legible, alongside B G Y O and S for the other lines. I have read that Metro has announced that the MTA Purple Line will be included on the WMATA system map as well, apparently because its operation will be linked to the Metro system at stations in Bethesda, Silver Spring College Park and New Carrollton. Maybe we will see a P in a purple circle on a brown pylon at Elm and Wisconsin and at Bethesda and Woodmont Avenues some day soon.
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