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You'd think, wouldn't you? Nope this is a fed reg. I'm sure it will affect every city in the nation.
And yes, the signs in NYC are perfectly fine. I have been visiting there my entire life and never once thought to myself "Gee, all this city needs is a different font."
Show where the $110 per sign cost estimate does not include labor and contractor overhead. Here's a clue. If NYC decided to contract to replace its street signs, they wouldn't line item that estimate to only show the material cost. It would be total cost.
You made that claim, don't you think it only right that you be able to back it up with something more substantial than speculation and what you think you've anecdotally saw?
Try reading compression. I quoted the claim and was responding, i did not make the claim.
You need real world education in how city's spend money and what things cost. Here is a clue, all city's line item costs.
Nothing wrong with my comprehension. Here's the claim you made:
Each sign may cost $110 each, but you also have to add in the salary of the 5 person crew to change it. So your $27 million job is in reality will be more likely be $127 million.
And have yet to show any substantiation of it.
You'd think, wouldn't you? Nope this is a fed reg. I'm sure it will affect every city in the nation.
And yes, the signs in NYC are perfectly fine. I have been visiting there my entire life and never once thought to myself "Gee, all this city needs is a different font."
I wonder what they're going to do with all the old signs?
Everyone has their own little empire to protect.
Even though this was a Bush regulation, I don't see what's wrong with it. Creating standards is a clear constitutional responsibility. \
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.
The new regulations also require a change in font from the standard highway typeface to Clearview, which was specially developed for this purpose.
As a result, even numbered street signs will have to be replaced.
Read more: Under new federal guidelines all New York City street signs will have to be made lower-case - NYPOST.com
Our tax dollars at work. Good to see that the feds have their priorities in order. Maybe it will "save or create" a few more jobs.
Each sign may cost $110 each, but you also have to add in the salary of the 5 person crew to change it. So your $27 million job is in reality will be more likely be $127 million.
.Show where the $110 per sign cost estimate does not include labor and contractor overhead. Here's a clue. If NYC decided to contract to replace its street signs, they wouldn't line item that estimate to only show the material cost. It would be total cost.
You made that claim, don't you think it only right that you be able to back it up with something more substantial than speculation and what you think you've anecdotally saw?
Here is an even better clue.....
How about they leave perfectly good signs RIGHT WHERE THEY ARE? Think of the money that would be saved.
Novel idea INHO
Since I don't live in NYC, and haven't been there in a few years, I have no idea whether the existing signs are "perfectly good". In any case, that's a determination that is made by the people of New York and their local government.
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Here is an even better clue.....
How about they leave perfectly good signs RIGHT WHERE THEY ARE? Think of the money that would be saved.
Novel idea INHO
Since I don't live in NYC, and haven't been there in a few years, I have no idea whether the existing signs are "perfectly good". In any case, that's a determination that is made by the people of New York and their local government.
Is that the best you have?
Sounds to me like the New York voters need to wise up and seriously think about whom they send to public office.
Oh, and why do you have to take a term such as "perfectly good" to hone in on? How about you focus on the substance rather than the term "perfectly good"?
Since I don't live in NYC, and haven't been there in a few years, I have no idea whether the existing signs are "perfectly good". In any case, that's a determination that is made by the people of New York and their local government.
Is that the best you have?
Sounds to me like the New York voters need to wise up and seriously think about whom they send to public office.
Oh, and why do you have to take a term such as "perfectly good" to hone in on? How about you focus on the substance rather than the term "perfectly good"?
Its not NYC voters..... The Federal Government is forcing NYC to change the signs.
Everyone has their own little empire to protect.
Even though this was a Bush regulation, I don't see what's wrong with it. Creating standards is a clear constitutional responsibility. \
Wow ,I never read the Constitution that way .
I always saw it as handcuffs on the Government , not as the invisible hand of universal compliance and uniformity.
Clearview is ADA compliant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearview_(typeface)
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cant have the blind being offended by the signage.
While they are redoing them, maybe they can add Braille...
Otherwise Blind Drivers won't Know where they are at either!
peace...
Article 1 section 8:
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To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;
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To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;
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Increase readability? Is it really that hard to READ IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS?
And if this is such a big deal, why don't they just slowly phase them in on a case by case basis?
Even though this was a Bush regulation, I don't see what's wrong with it. Creating standards is a clear constitutional responsibility. \
Wow ,I never read the Constitution that way .
I always saw it as handcuffs on the Government , not as the invisible hand of universal compliance and uniformity.
Article 1 section 8:
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To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;
...
To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;
...
Wow ,I never read the Constitution that way .
I always saw it as handcuffs on the Government , not as the invisible hand of universal compliance and uniformity.
Article 1 section 8:
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To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;
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To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;
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Exactly how does the font on a sign pertain to any of the issues you stated above?
I'll tell you........... IT DOES'NT!
