Comments on: Road signs

Road signs

mcwetboy — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 13:34:09 -0800

Highway Route Markers collects highway signs from around the world. The Upstate New York Roads Site lists (and reproduces) every exit sign for many of the state's freeways. Let me reiterate: Every. Exit. Sign. The net has something for everyone, even those of us with an unhealthy obsession with road signs.

By: PrinceValium

PrinceValium — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 14:59:13 -0800

You'd be surprised - roadgeeking is quite a popular hobby. We They have their own newsgroup and everything. Here's a few pages similar in scope to the ones you linked: 1 2, 3. And for scholarship and history, you can't beat NYCRoads.com and Bostonroads.com.

By: PrinceValium

PrinceValium — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 15:01:47 -0800

Oh, and don't forget Kurumi (who's a user here). Dan Hartung is (was?) also an active M.T.R. participant.

By: rushmc

rushmc — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 15:29:08 -0800

Nice post.

By: mcwetboy

mcwetboy — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 15:56:36 -0800

Related: Typographica on ClearviewHwy, the new font for road signs.

By: pitchblende

pitchblende — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:38:05 -0800

If you're a true road geek, you'll have your own copy of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (download here,) and, more importantly, your own Standard Highway Signs, in full color! (download here.) As someone who occasionally uses these at work, I can say I don't want to have anything to do with them in my non-work life...

By: bonaldi

bonaldi — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:17:54 -0800

Aww, I thought it was going to have pictures. I was about to get Nostalgic...

By: carter

carter — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 08:32:27 -0800

Thanks, mcwetboy - and that ClearviewHwy site is a *perfect* combination of transit and font nerdiness!