$27 million to change NYC signs from all-caps

[thundley4]

The Capital of the World is going lower-case.
Federal copy editors are demanding the city change its 250,900 street signs -- such as these for Perry Avenue in The Bronx -- from the all-caps style used for more than a century to ones that capitalize only the first letters.

Changing BROADWAY to Broadway will save lives, the Federal Highway Administration contends in its updated Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, citing improved readability.
At $110 per sign, it will also cost the state $27.6 million, city officials said.

"We have already started replacing the signs in The Bronx," city Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan told The Post. 'We will have 11,000 done by the end of this fiscal year, and the rest finished by 2018."

It appears e.e. cummings was right to eschew capital letters, federal officials explain.
Studies have shown that it is harder to read all-caps signs, and those extra milliseconds spent staring away from the road have been shown to increase the likelihood of accidents, particularly among older drivers, federal documents say.

The new regulations also require a change in font from the standard highway typeface to Clearview, which was specially developed for this purpose.


Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/million_kuj8X4Z2VolVhXnCymfkvM#ixzz112Egbako

[true_blood]

It appears e.e. cummings was right to eschew capital letters, federal officials explain.
Studies have shown that it is harder to read all-caps signs, and those extra milliseconds spent staring away from the road have been shown to increase the likelihood of accidents, particularly among older drivers, federal documents say.

WOW!!! These clowns sound like the asshats we have occupying the White House just looking for an excuse to spend money and flush it down the toilet.

[Karin]

GROAN.  More stupid wasteful spending to satisfy bureaucrats.  Thanks a million for posting, Thundley.  I felt like bitch-slapping you, but didn't.  It's not your fault.  But, like someone around here says:

I Am So Sick And ****ing Tired Of This Shit.   

[thundley4]

GROAN.  More stupid wasteful spending to satisfy bureaucrats.  Thanks a million for posting, Thundley.  I felt like bitch-slapping you, but didn't.  It's not your fault.  But, like someone around here says:

I Am So Sick And ****ing Tired Of This Shit.   

I'm wondering if they will put up signs by each of the new signs saying that the change was funded by Lord Zero's Stimulus package. 

[true_blood]

I'm wondering if they will put up signs by each of the new signs saying that the change was funded by Lord Zero's Stimulus package. 

HA HA!

[Chris_]

What did they do with the old ones?

[longview]

I'm wondering if they will put up signs by each of the new signs saying that the change was funded by Lord Zero's Stimulus package. 

That's what I figure.

[DLR Pyro]

I'm wondering if they will put up signs by each of the new signs saying that the change was funded by Lord Zero's Stimulus package. 

These are the shovel ready jobs obozo promised us.

[IassaFTots]

GROAN.  More stupid wasteful spending to satisfy bureaucrats.  Thanks a million for posting, Thundley.  I felt like bitch-slapping you, but didn't.  It's not your fault.  But, like someone around here says:

I Am So Sick And ****ing Tired Of This Shit.   

 

 

[Karin]

 

There are places all over the country that don't have these capitalized-compliant signage.  Someone pointed out places in Virginia with Ye Olde fonts, and there are places in cutesy-pie upstate NY towns that have quaint signage, including charming fonts.  So, this is whole thing is a bullshit waste of money.  Money that we don't have. 

[Chris_]

A few places I've been in Raleigh, Atlanta, and Memphis use the lower case ones.  They are easier to read, but my biggest problem is not being able to see them at night.