Information overload

[John Angulat]

I am always amazed at the bravery of tourists and visitors when attempting to navigate New York's subway system.
Maps are indecipherable and impossible to locate.
Service disruptions are the norm, and the express train you expect to be running on track 1 is now running local service only on track 4 (but bypassing stations X, Y, and Z)...but somehow we manage to get to our destinations!
As I exited at Wall Street I noticed the unoccupied token booth (now you didn't really expect a real person to be there, did you?).
I was amazed at the myriad of signs, notices, warnings and who-knows-what-else that confronted the passing public.

Life in NYC...from my wanderings

[fahim mohammed]

John, nice find. I can relate to similar confusion that I, sometimes, have found myself in. Trying to
change inter-city trains in Milan or Tokyo. During the evening rush hours and trying
to get directions has been an exercise in Shaolin restraint.

I am sure New York would be the same ( at least I speak the language..or do I? )

Best.

[Ruben Alfu]

Hi John, interesting observation, you are addressing a problem overly overlooked and precisely because of this, IMHO it would be better to dramatize the image a bit, maybe with a lot more signs filling the whole photo, or people in the scene demonstrating confusion... something to shake us from our adaptation to all this noise.

[John Angulat]

Fahim, thank so much for looking and the kind remarks.
Ruben, you bring up a very good point - there seems a need for human interaction.
With as much time as I spend wandering the subway system, I'll keep an eye opened for another opportunity!