muni stops: in need of better signage

The other day I was standing at the Muni N-train stop at Carl & Cole.  A girl in her 20s comes over to me and asks "Does this train go to downtown?".  Good question.  You'd never know that this train goes downtown because it doesn't say it anywhere on the sign...

This sign only says "To Caltrain".  If you do not know the system like the back of your hand, you will have difficulty understanding where "Caltrain" is, and whether or not that is through "downtown".


The fact remains -- we need better signage with better information at Muni stops.  I would suggest (especially at Muni train stops) to have a line with dots on it showing where the stops are, which stop you are at, and in which direction this train goes.  This is the same problem that I experience with BART too (lack of good signage with useful information).  This is basic signage which I've seen in other cities all over the world.  Perhaps I can make quickie magnets displaying this information and slap them onto the metal poles or on the Muni shelters....  I think this would be a cheap and easy fix to this lack of easily digestible information.