CVG Sign Review
(Discord - 2025/11/20)
CVG Sign Review
(Discord - 2025/11/20)
surprise airport sign review
today's airport: CVG (Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport), aka the place ive been to probably at least 8 times in the past few years despite not having been on a plane in 14 years [and never having taken a flight to, from, or through CVG]
STARTING
at highway exit
i mean its alright
id like to see the first one have something like this [image to the right or below] next to the KY 212 instead of "To Ky 20" ["TO" could also be on left side of KY-20 shield]
and maybe more specific "Cincinnati Northern Kentucky (International or Intl) Airport" or "CVG (International or Intl) Airport" or something
but overall inoffensive
on the ramp
maybe make "AIRPORT" into "Airport" or "CVG Airport" or something, perchance add a line between the two directions, overall fine
[you could also probably do a KY 20 shield with an M4-5P "TO" plaque above and M6-1PL Left Arrow plaque below, and next to it have an I3-5 Airport sign with M6-1PR Right Arrow plaque below, to make it more picture focused rather than knowing the English language focused]
on road into airport
clearview spotted
potentially capitalize "Garage Parking" and "Long Term Parking"
maybe add a line between "Airport Terminal" and "Garage Parking"
remove the black background from KY 236 shield
and to make "Donaldson Rd" less awkward, you could split it across two lines like:
"Donaldson
Road"
(but center aligned)
but still inoffensive
offensive
EW
NO
BAD
DONT BLUE DIAMOND SIGN RP THIS
YOU CANT DO THAT
do a this maybe
its basically a diamond sign (30x30 or 36x36 or something) on its side to make a square
changed to yellow and black
cause i seen indianapolis does that
which makes sense
cause as far as i know, staging is for emergencies
the north route ends at the airport fire station
and the airport info sign, change that to "AIRPORT INFO (DIAL TO) 1610 AM"
[↓ there is a specific sign for this, actually ↓]
not really a road sign cause off the road like a billboard but economy lot should be listed on guide signs (valupark is long term parking)
its alright, the boarder is a bit thick though and maybe make "Commercial Vehicles" all caps or reword to "COMMERCIAL VEHICLES KEEP RIGHT" or something
again maybe capitalize stuff on the left sign and same comments from earlier for the right sign (plus add "ECONOMY PARKING"), still inoffensive
still offensive
hopital sign fine
overhead arrow per lane sign [!!!]
same capitalization comment and also
i would think that you would have a "1/4 MILE" somewhere there [because the actual split is 1/3 mile away]
but the quarter second glance at the mutcd gives me mixed signals on where to put and whether to put
fix the dividing line mess and capitalization and perfect
uh oh
this is why i redoin
cause past a certain point
EVERYTHING IS BLUE
da ba dee da ba die
MAKE GREEN
ADD SEPARATING LINE BETWEEN ENTRIES
maybe change to Type B arrows
also in front of this sign in modern times is a little YOUR SPEED sign trailer
so like
put some beacon lights or LEDs around the speed limit signs
because for some reason its 20 MPH through here, without design changes from the interstate
BLUE
also not quite sure why the parking garage sign is separate from the other thing [or more accurately, why the two lanes on the right are combined into one sign that looks like it should be two]
make green add line
more space between arrivals and baggage claim because baggage claim got spread across two lines
type b arrows
i think this ones supposed to light up
also squared out to respect illuminatedness of sign
should i be changing font size
also
wait
why does valet change lanes?
it was in the left lane earlier
now its in the right lane
the hell cvg
i dont really feel like fixing their mistake
so imagine that the earlier sign changes whatever to whatever
make it fixed
get rid of this shitty banner
put this on a post behind it
this one isnt adjusted for illuminescense
round mccorners
oh boy
time to figure out how the hell to make colors work
and to a lesser extent the sign over on the right
solution: make blue area A area
and green area B area
[blank string to make signs align]
maybe throw this sign in there somewhere before
[not sure why sign on right has down and down right arrows, do you want to separate the two pickup zones or not?]
[mixed case red background arial font shittyness]
option 1
option 2
worlds most stupidest signs ever
make it say "HEAVY PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC" or have the pedestrian symbol or at least "SLOW DOWN"
[I debated on whether to say "NO LOADING" or "NO WAITING" or "NO STOPPING". They're all applicable, but whenever I see "NO STOPPING" or "NO STANDING" I always get a little confused on what they mean versus "PARKING", and if I, Roadsign Autistic, M.D., am confused, that's not good. I could see someone less knowledgeable being confused on whether to stop at all (including at stop signs), like how on freeways there's "EMERGENCY STOPPING ONLY". I decided "NO LOADING" because it got the point across best with the least confusion]
greenetize and perchance capitalize
[optional change]
plus a this or warning variant somewhere down [the road]
[I both get why they went with the diagonal arrow (the road curves to the left and there's an intersection ahead) and feel like a straight arrow would be more correct technically]
[small sign]
EW
DONT FUCKING
NO
BAD
THATS NOT WHAT WE DO WITH ARROWS
OR
depending on how you want to do it
i think the second one is more correct
[or you could have it say "EXIT ONLY" at the bottom]
also i dont think ive mentioned it, but ive switched from E to E-modified font.
more space between letters. pretend the other stuff uses it too, im not redoing all of it.
dunno why combined
get rid of that stupid shitty sign on the side
either put all three interstate shields on one pole
or put "TO" above I-71 and I-75
also i would put I-75 over I-71 personally
replace
replace
replace
NOW STARTING Departures Ramp
put a normal clearance sign there
and the red lights are aesthetic but also not really how thats supposed to work
make them all flash at the same time
or like
get rid of them
put red lights on the stop sign
stop sign overhead if needed
gotta make sure it doesnt railroad crossing
ok thats kinda it
theres not a lot on the departures ramp
OTHER PLACES IN THE AIRPORT TIME
put arrow (THE CORRECT ARROW) on other side of sign, green background, correct font, border, capitalize, add "Arrivals"
ok well just about every other sign gets the same feedback
im bored
SCORE: 70/100