$27.5 Million...
$27.5 Million...
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.
For maximum legibility in the inner city shouldn't the font be Graffiti?
what does the federal government have to do with municipal street signs?
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)
what does the federal government have to do with municipal street signs?
The 864 page Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways will tell you all about the new federal regulations for signs. You can download the 27.18MB version from the Federal Highway Administration. Our government does things that would embarass the most hard-core communist bureaucrat.
These are goofy things that I doubt could ever stand up to a cost/benefit analysis. Though a mix of upper and lower case letters is generally considered to be more readable, it is unlikely that there are a substantial amount of accident reports that cite “inattentiveness due to signage lettering case confusion” as contributing factors. NYC doesn’t have the money. And even if it did, this would be a ridiculous thing on which to waste it.
Font and capitalization does greatly impact readability, especially something that needs to be read quickly as you’re driving by. In general, all-caps sucks. However, why is this such a priority in a time of budget constraints?
What did the old sign say? I couldn’t read it.
Love to know who’s brother-in-law...or SEIU connected business nailed that contract!!!
An order coming to a city near you?
And the drumbeat of the coming revolution grows stronger...
For example, that would be E CCI St.
Most of the cabbies in NY can’t read English anyway...
Yeah, not gonna happen.
“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.”
That might be true at interstate or highway speeds but on city streets - come on.
Looking into my crystal ball.....
I see all the signs are changed to the new font.
I see the mayor writing a check for $27 million.
I see.... I see...
A bureaucrat deciding he doesn’t like the color green.
Is this going to mandated nation wide? Let me guess: our stimulus dollars at work?
It is 100% certain there will be a follow up to this story about all the newly repainted signs with spelling errors, incorrect street/avenue names, signs mounted upside down or mounted on the wrong street.