URBAN SIGNS AND SYMBOLS

Reported By: Babasa - Fallesgon – Matro

Sign is an object, quality, event or entity whose

presence or occurrence of something else.
Gentle Curve Sign
Symbol is an object that represents stands for, or
suggest an idea, visual image, belief, action or
material entity.
Pictogram, also called a pictogramme, pictograph, Sharp Curve Sign
or simply picto, and also an 'icon', is
an ideogram that conveys its meaning through its
pictorial resemblance to a physical object.
Signal is
anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, comm Traffic Sign Ahead Sign
and, or the like, as alight, a gesture, an act.
Schematic, or schematic diagram, is a representation
of the elements of a system using abstract, Traffic Control Stop Sign Ahead
graphic symbols rather than realistic pictures
Hieroglyphics
designating or pertaining to apictographic script, par PRIORITY SIGNS
ticularly that of the ancient Egyptians, inwhich many
of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizablepic Priority traffic signs indicate the order in which
tures of the things represented. vehicles should pass intersection points.

DANGER WARNING SIGNS Stop and Go Sign

Warning signs can indicate any potential hazard,
obstacle or condition requiring special attention.
No entry Sign

General Auction Sign

Yield to Oncoming Traffic Sign

Congestion Sign
One Way Traffic
Sign
Cross-Road Sign
PROHIBITORY OR RESTRICTIVE SIGN

Prohibitory traffic signs are used to prohibit certain

Y-Junction Sign
types of maneuvers or some types of traffic.

Traffic Circle Sign Speed Limit Sign

Mass limit Sign

Two-Way Road Sign
URBAN SIGNS AND SYMBOLS
Reported By: Babasa - Fallesgon – Matro

A direction sign, more fully defined

Parking Prohibited Sign
Stopping Prohibited Sign
Pedestrian Prohibited Sign
as a direction, position, or indication sign by
the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, is
any road sign used primarily to give information
about the location of either the driver or possible
destinations, and are considered a subset of
the informative signs group.
Here are some common examples
of Indication Signs:

MANDATORY SIGNS

Mandatory signs are road signs which are used to set

the obligations of all traffic which use a specific area
of road. Unlike prohibitory or restrictive signs,
mandatory signs tell traffic what it must do, rather
than must not do.
Keep Left/Right Sign
Gateways and Area Identification
Gateways exist on a number of levels in an
urban area including: Regional Gateways: Sign and
landmarks that identify entrance to a regional area
which can include government entities (states and
counties), heritage areas and economic zones
(industrial and commercial corridors).

Pay at toll Gate Sign
Pedestrian Only Sign
Vehicular Wayfinding
These elements direct motorists to districts,
cities, parks, heritage areas, destinations and
parking. Vehicular way finding is meant to be seen at
high speeds in public right-of-ways and is heavily
regulated by departments of transportation.

Pedestrian Wayfinding

Design elements that direct pedestrians to

Taxi Only Sign destinations inside of a defined district or
neighborhood. Pedestrian way finding signs include:
Pedestrian Directional Signs: Signs that direct
pedestrians directly to destinations

INFORMATION, FACILITIES OR SERVICE SIGN Destination Identity

Service signs are those that indicate a specific facility
by which many can find useful, especially those that
can be used for medical purposes, security, and
food.
Parking only sign (left)
Hospital Sign (right)
Landmark elements that direct to specific
destinations. Destination identity signs include:
Institutional Identity: Free-standing signs or signs
attached to buildings that identify a government,
cultural, educational, transportation or health
institutions.