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New Yorkers outraged as bureaucrats order city to change lettering on every single street sign
NY Daily News ^ | 9/30/2010 | ANDREW PHILLIPS & PETE DONOHUE

Posted on 09/30/2010 8:00:45 AM PDT by Qbert

The city will change the lettering on every single street sign - at an estimated cost of about $27.5 million - because the feds don't like the font.

Street names will change from all capital letters to a combination of upper and lower case on roads across the country thanks to the pricey federal regulation, officials said Wednesday.

By 2018, MADISON AVE. will become Madison Ave. and will be printed in a font called Clearview, the city Department of Transportation says.

The Federal Highway Administration says the switch will improve safety because drivers identify the words more quickly when they're displayed that way - and can sooner return their eyes to the road.

Still, several city residents were OUTRAGED.

"That's ridiculous," said James Sullivan, 34, a bike messenger from Queens. "They might as well just burn the damn money."

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The city has about 250,000 signs, and it costs about $110 to replace one, the DOT says. Officials said the new signs will have improved reflectivity and clarity for nighttime drivers.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: democrats; newyork; ny; wastefulspending
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To: Qbert

I immediately want to know who is getting the contract and to whom in government they are connected.


21 posted on 09/30/2010 8:08:37 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Napolean fries the idea powder.)
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To: Qbert

Where’s the enumerated Constitutional power to do this?


22 posted on 09/30/2010 8:08:54 AM PDT by secretagent
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To: Sacajaweau
And NYC has a budget problem why???

And the USA has a budget problem why? One answer..STUPID BIG GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE TO NO ONE! FIRE 'EM ALL!

23 posted on 09/30/2010 8:08:54 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: WAW
To speak of common sense in government is folly. Think of pretty flowers instead. Those really exist.
24 posted on 09/30/2010 8:10:10 AM PDT by TexasPatriot1 (Legalize the Constitution)
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To: jingoist13

Ping


25 posted on 09/30/2010 8:10:35 AM PDT by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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To: Sacajaweau

YoU goT tO Be kIdDinG.


26 posted on 09/30/2010 8:10:52 AM PDT by dblshot (Insanity - electing the same people over and over and expecting different results.)
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To: Qbert

Gee I can readily recognize both.


27 posted on 09/30/2010 8:12:34 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Qbert

They did this in Oregon, too. Waste of money.


28 posted on 09/30/2010 8:12:54 AM PDT by B Knotts (Just another Tenther)
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To: Paine in the Neck

The article said this was the result of Federal legislation. So.... is NYC the only area affected? If so, why? If not, then the bill will be substantially higher for changing out every street sign in the country.


29 posted on 09/30/2010 8:12:54 AM PDT by Pecos (Liberty and Honor will not die on my watch.)
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To: Qbert

Oh yes, that is a BIG improvement! /s


30 posted on 09/30/2010 8:13:28 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: Pecos

“AND THEN THEY MADE THE STREET SIGNS IN MONGOLIAN! CAN YOU READ MONGOLIAN? I CAN’T READ MONGOLIAN! ONLY MONGOLIANS CAN READ MONGOLIAN!” - John Belushi


31 posted on 09/30/2010 8:14:31 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: BCR #226
And don't forget, $20 Million more for these signs...
32 posted on 09/30/2010 8:15:10 AM PDT by Qbert
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To: Qbert

Not just NYC. Its the front page story here in Topeka, KS today. Its a federal rule change...our local county has asked ‘what if we don’t change the signs?’. Nobody knows the answer yet...probably some sort of fed funding will be withheld.


33 posted on 09/30/2010 8:15:29 AM PDT by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: Qbert
The Federal Highway Administration says the switch will improve safety because drivers identify the words more quickly when they're displayed that way - and can sooner return their eyes to the road.

Total Balderdash - the bigger the lettering, the easier to spot it and read it. Note even on the example photos in post #1 that the lowercased "y" character forces the entire word to be written in a smaller size.

34 posted on 09/30/2010 8:15:37 AM PDT by alancarp (Please don't tell Obama what comes after "trillion")
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To: Qbert

"This font on your street signs displeases us. Change it immediately, and send me some cake!"
35 posted on 09/30/2010 8:15:37 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (Anyone who says we need illegals to do the jobs Americans won't do has never watched "Dirty Jobs.")
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To: kcvl

This is an example of an even larger problem. The city should just say no, the Feds have no authority over them, NYC streets are not federal highways so they should just give them the middle finger.


36 posted on 09/30/2010 8:16:05 AM PDT by marlon ("They talk about me like a dog" Barack Obama)
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To: Qbert
An old joke:

One man was lamenting to another that the federal government was spending millions of dollars to raise all the highway signs to meet mandated height standards.

The other responded: we're lucky they didn't decide they had to lower the highway instead.

37 posted on 09/30/2010 8:16:10 AM PDT by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
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To: Qbert
in a font called Clearview

For maximum legibility in the inner city shouldn't the font be Graffiti?

38 posted on 09/30/2010 8:16:39 AM PDT by LibWhacker (America awake!)
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To: Qbert

what does the federal government have to do with municipal street signs?


39 posted on 09/30/2010 8:17:02 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Qbert
IT SCARES ME WHEN THE ROAD SIGNS SHOUT AT ME WITH ALL CAPITAL LETTERS!!!!!! < /sarc>

I saw somewhere else that the Feds are also changing the signs' reflectivity requirements and only one company makes the material which meets the new standards. Ka-ching! (sorry, I don't know the exact location where I saw that)

40 posted on 09/30/2010 8:17:03 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Grblb blabt unt mipt speeb!! Oot piffoo blaboo...)
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