A destination sign (North American English), or destination indicator (British English) is a sign mounted on the front, side or rear of a public transport vehicle, such as a bus, tram/streetcar or light rail vehicle, that displays the vehicle's route number and destination, or the route's number and name on transit systems using route names.
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A light rail train with a headsign A destination sign (North American English) or destination indicator (British English) is a sign mounted on the front or side of a vehicle, such as a, or, that displays the vehicle's route number and destination, or the route's number and name on transit systems using route names. The main such sign, mounted on the front of the vehicle, usually located above (or at the top of) the windshield, is often called the headsign, most likely from the fact that these signs are located on the front, or head, end of the vehicle. Depending on the type of the sign, it might also display intermediate points on the current route, especially if the route is particularly long and its final terminus by itself is not very helpful in determining where the vehicle is going. Technology types Several different types of technology have been used for destination signs, from simple rigid placards held in place by a frame or clips, to, to various types of computerized, controlled signs, such as, or displays. All of these can still be found in use today, but most transit-vehicle destination signs now in use in North America and Europe are electronic signs. For many decades, the most common type of multiple-option destination sign was the rollsign, or indicator blind in. These consist of a roll with pre-printed route number/letter and destinations (or route name), which is turned by the vehicle operator at the end of the route when reversing direction, either by a hand or by holding a switch if the sign mechanism is motorized.
Rollsigns, also known as curtain signs, were usually made of linen until (a type of PET film) became the most common material used for them, in the 1960s/70s. They can also be made of other material, such as. In the United States, the first electronic destination signs for buses were developed by Luminator in the mid-1970s and became available to transit operators in the late 1970s, but did not become common until the 1980s. These were flip-disc, or 'flip-dot', displays.
Most present-day destination indicator signs consist of flip-disc, LCD or LED panels that can show animated text, colors (in the case of LED signs), and a potentially unlimited number of routes (so long as they are programmed into the vehicle's computer). Some such signs also have the capability of changing on-the-fly as the vehicle moves along its route, with the help of technology and a In the USA, the specifies certain design criteria for transit-vehicle destination signs, such as maximum and minimum character height-to-width ratio and contrast level, to ensure the signs are sufficiently readable to visually impaired persons.