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    I tried to find all the public transport pictograms used throughout Australia's cities. Which city do you think has the best system?
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    I tried to find all the public transport pictograms used throughout Australia’s cities. Which city do you think has the best system?

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    5. FlibblesHexEyes on

      Certainly not Sydney’s… they have to be the dumbest around.

      They mean bugger all to non-English speakers.

    7. hakurei_raymoo on

      Sydney’s is the clear winner with umm.. Boat, Tram, Locomotive, Monorail and Foot yeah?

    8. Historical_Pea4624 on

      It’s functionally the same, but you’re missing a purple train pictogram for Melbourne

    13. DynamoSnake on

      I think the ones that are colour coded and have pictures making it distinguishable from each other.

      So that would be Adelaide/Canberra/Melbourne having the best imo.

      Darwin and Hobart have only one system so they pass by default, Brisbane is almost okay but from a distance the train can kinda look like a tram? And the boat looks strange, I like Sydney’s ferry better there.

    14. serenitative on

      We don’t have a tram here in Brisbane. That’s the Gold Coast. Unless OP means the Metro, which is just a long bus with wheel covers.

    17. webmeister2k on

      I fucking hate the Sydney ones, they all got changed a few years ago and they are stupid as fuck.

      WHY WOULD YOU USE LETTERS FOR TYPES OF TRANSPORT IN A CITY THAT ATTRACTS THAT ATTRACTS A LOT OF INTERNATIONAL TOURISTS

      If English isn’t your first language none of it makes any sense

      edit; I’ve travelled to nearly 100 countries and every time I come back to Sydney the stupidity of those “icons” completely floors me.

    18. kalvinoz on

      Neat! It’d be cool to align the columns by type of transport to make it easier to compare.

    23. Anaptyso on

      As someone who has only ever visited Australia as a tourist, I’d find Adelaide, Melbourne or Canberra to be the best: they combine pictures to be descriptive and colours to help easy identification from a distance.

      Sydney’s is the worst, because I’d have to think a bit about what the letters stand for. Also, I can imagine tourists getting a bit confused about the difference between trains, metro and light rail, especially if English isn’t their first language.

    25. 2nd-Reddit-Account on

      Sydney’s are the only ones that are recognisable from the end of a long street, which is exactly they get used. Massive, lit, and above every form of transit stop

    27. curiousi7 on

      Adelaide is the best, the combo of colours feels nicer than melbourne. But they really should use colours with higher contrast than blue and green

    34. karigan_g on

      idk but sydney having to go through life without cute little pictures of busses and trains and ferries is a tragedy 😔

    36. superegz on

      Even though it would be anachronistic, I actually think a Monopoly style steam train icon would be easier to understand.

    39. Sythonate on

      From a design clarity standpoint, Adelaide and Melbourne are easily the best. Sydney is easily the worst — what the actual fuck.

    40. evilparagon on

      Brisbane would win if they had colour like Adelaide’s.

      Give Blue to CityCats and change Rail to Purple and you got a nice system.

    44. Liquidbn on

      Brisbane, the use of colours seems redundant. The shapes could improve slightly but Bris is far better than the rest I feel

    46. Maggies_lens on

      And I say this with all the love we Melbournians feel for the place…WTAF SYDNEY?!?!? What the hell do they even mean? Wtf is the L for? Is the T for train or tram? Considering the vast majority of our tourism comes from non English speaking countries this is just stupid. Darwin and Hobart made me smile. Brisbane is really good if you have colour vision concerns.