A Study and Design of Transit Map based on Visual Perception
C. Kiratiwiriyaporn and P. Ruchikachorn, A Study and Design of Transit Map based on Visual Perception, PacificVis Posters, Bangkok, Thailand, 2019.
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Transit maps can be designed in infinitely many different styles but not all of the designs are equally effective. To design an efficient transit map, it is important to understand route selection of passengers based on their visual perception. This paper developed six different transit maps and conducted a route selection experiment to explore the impact of using transit map as a planning tool to influence passengers’ travel decisions to find the fastest route in the Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS) and Metropolitan Rapid Transit (MRT). The experiment with 90 participants was conducted through a paper-based survey of six travel decisions per map design. The results show that different map designs significantly affect the participants’ accuracy and time to find the fastest route.