LAX officials plan to change the names and numbers of gates and terminals to make the airport more user friendly, according to planning documents. Those changes are outlined in a request for a proposal to tackle a broader project called the LAX Wayfinding Enhancement Program.
Why now
The plans call for transforming how you get around the busy airport — which handles some 88 million passengers each year. That includes updating airport signage “to a world class system and provide a user centered approach to achieving a clear, consistent” system of communication.
The proposal asks that the project designer go “beyond signage” to “develop and implement a holistic wayfinding solution… which includes broader concepts of psychology.”
It’s unclear when the project will be completed.
Combining and renaming terminals
Stay with us here, it’s a little confusing.
Here’s LAX now:
Diagram mapping the approximately 2-mile, end-to-end journey between LAX’s Terminal 1 and Terminal 8.
Courtesy Los Angeles World Airports
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And here are the proposed changes:
LAX plans to rename its terminals and gates.
Los Angeles Board of…
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