Directionally challenged tourists exiting New York's subway system with no clue which way to go will get an assist from new sidewalk compass decals.

By installing the sidewalk compasses in four trial locations, the New York Department of Transportation hopes to determine whether they help visitors, or even local residents, make their way around Manhattan, the New York Post said Wednesday.

DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan said the compasses may solve a problem that undoubtedly has afflicted most every New Yorker or tourist from time to time.

"Not a single person, native New Yorker or visitor, can truthfully claim that they have not, at least once, been confused as to which direction to walk when emerging from a subway station," Sadik-Khan said.

If the temporary compasses provoke a positive response, they could be replaced with permanent versions and the program expanded. // Copyright 2007 by United Press International


Publication date: 18 October 2007   

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