Another look at airport signs

Few controversies — real or imagined — have died as quickly as the one over new airport signs on roadways leading to the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport.

Critics jumped on a plan to replace the Humphrey and Lindbergh terminal signs with signs telling people which terminal — renamed Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 — hosted which airlines. But once the signs went up, the controversy ended.

Why? They made much more sense than the previous signs.

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The only criticism we’ve heard is that if you miss the first sign, you might think the second one for Terminal 1 is the first sign, in which case you’d probably wonder where to go for your Delta flight. Ask me how I know.

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But a logical person would figure it out by the time the third sign came along (the one for Terminal 2, if you’re traveling westbound on I-494). If your airline isn’t listed there, it must be at Terminal 1.

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Compare to the old sign…