Prague will have a unified transport information system. It is intended to attract foreigners to public transport
In the coming months, Prague will announce an international graphic design competition for a unified information and orientation system. This should provide a clearer and more modern guide to moving around the city, especially between different modes of public transport.
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Prague is preparing a unified information system (not only) for public transport. Illustrative photo.
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The system will consist of pictograms, LCD screens in buses and trams or departure panels at stops. “Currently, we have counted eight different information systems in the metropolis, each with its own administrator – for example, in the subway, on the railway, in the streets of city districts. The new system will be clearer for users and potentially cheaper for public budgets, “said the mayor’s deputy for transport Adam Scheinherr (Prague himself).
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According to him, Prague is inspired by the implementation of the system, for example in Vienna, Rotterdam or London, and its implementation will be coordinated with large infrastructure projects such as Terminal Smíchov, metro D, new tram lines and railways at the airport. Among other things, Scheinherr promises from the plan that it will attract more foreigners to surface transport. So far, foreign visitors to Prague mainly use the metro when moving in the city, and one of the reasons may be problems with orientation in the transport system.
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