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Originally Posted by The_Henry_Man
You beat me to it! Exactly going to say the same thing. Similarly, for eastbound TCH-1, it should say Abbotsford as the control city, esp since it's the next major municipality and Hope is less well known and only a small town. Other than that, I think the current TCH-1 signage is quite clear and done pretty well. Exact opposite can be said for Knight St, 91 and especially 17.
Also, on the same vein, when you go southbound on the Knight St in Richmond after crossing the bridge, eventually signage will say 91 eastbound to Delta and USA border on the left lane, which is fine, but right lane should've said 91 westbound to Richmond City Centre as the main destination, which connection to 99 to ferries on the second line. Really, the ultimate destination on 91 westbound is Richmond City Centre and not the ferries. I'm pretty sure many people took the wrong exit and went to New West because of that. The current configuration is so unclear for people wanting to head west to Richmond city centre via Knight St and then 91 westbound.
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Except staying in the travel lanes on Hwy 1 doesn't take you into Horseshoe Bay. You don't exit onto Highway 99, you exit to Horseshoe bay. So the same road does take you to Whistler even though the road name changes.
Also, Horseshoe Bay isn't a city, so it might not be easy to find on every map. Even though it is the ferry terminal, people NOT going to Horseshoe bay might have no idea where/what that is. It would be like trying to be specific on other signs and say instead of Langley, the hwy 1 takes you to Walnut Grove.
The signs do say "Whistler - Hwy 1 West", meaning the road does both.
The reason sign say far off destinations is it reduces the number of places referenced on signs. It means less memorization by the average person. So many signs say "Hope" because its easy to remember that my destination is on the way to Hope instead of trying to remember the half dozen places that are between here and my destination.
Also, the sign on Knight does say "99 - Alderbridge Way - Ferries" for the right lane, then there is a sign that says "Richmond Center" to right just after that. The signs do emphasize the ferries though, because exiting from Knight does primarily take you to 99 South. And signs are more for visitors or people not familiar with the area, and as such, most of those people would be heading to either the Ferries or the Border (I got asked once at a gas station near Knight by a tourist which road was the I-5). If you are interested in Richmond Center you are probably a little bit familiar with the area and know the 91 takes you there (then you need to know what other roads you want to turn on). The signs on a Freeway are meant to direct people through forks in the road, not get them to some good dim sum.
As such, I actually think the sign on hwy 17 to the 99 is fine. As long as you glance at a map before you leave, you can figure it out pretty easily.
The only problem with the sign is that people are trying to trust their gut instead of doing what the sign says. People's first instinct is that Vancouver and USA aren't in the same direction. So it is like easier to believe that the sign is wrong? Like the government put up a sign that is actually false is more believable than an exit can lead to 2 places.
But really, the government should think ahead. Almost everyone is now driving around with a hyper accurate, up to date GPS in their pocket. They should just number the lanes at an exit. Google already says things like "Use the rightmost lane" or "use the 2nd lane from the right to exit". If they were just numbered, the GPS could say "Use lane 1 or 2 and travel through the interchange" or "Use lane 3 to exit then keep left".
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