Behold! New BART signs are popping up on downtown S.F. platforms

A new BART sign at the Powell St. station. A new BART sign at the Powell St. station. Photo: Michael Cabanatuan, The Chronicle Photo: Michael Cabanatuan, The Chronicle Image 1 of / 29 Caption Close Behold! New BART signs are popping up on downtown S.F. platforms 1 / 29 Back to Gallery

BART's getting a little more legible in 2016 with the addition of some fancy new signs in the downtown stations.

This week, the first new sign at Powell St. station was erected. It's a harbinger of change to come: BART plans on replacing all the signs at the downtown San Francisco stations (Civic Center Powell St., Montgomery and Embacadero) in the next three to four months. Parts from the S.F. station signs will be used to repair signs at other stations until those too can be replaced.

The old signs were installed in 2000 and since then, they've gotten shabby. As anyone who's been around the BART system knows, some of the signs are a jigsaw puzzle of broken pixels and, even on a good day, tough to read from a distance.

The new signs have brighter, larger lettering and higher resolution text.

Additionally, all signs (old and new) will show upcoming train information more often, instead of scrolling through an endless list of event announcements and PSAs.

Have you seen any of the new signs? Do you think they're an improvement?