Awards
Legible London has won Gold Medal in the Design for Society section of the DBA 2008 Design Effectiveness Awards, and also OS MasterMap Award for Better Mapping from the British Cartographic Society in 2009. Internationally, the project has won top honour award from the Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD) of US in 2010.
Among ten nominees, Transport for London (TfL) and T-Kartor were named the winners of the 2012 UK National Transport Award for Excellence in Technology at the prestigious awards ceremony in London on 11 October. Together with the Legible London pedestrian wayfinding system and Barclays Cycle Hire, all public transport is now sewn together by a consistent information strategy anchored by the Legible London mapping database. This encourages shorter journeys to be taken by foot or bike, assists better decisions at stations and stops and empowers residents and visitors alike to better understand how to navigate London.
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