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# Government Tells Us To Go Font Ourselves
- URL: https://bklyner.com/government-tells-us-to-go-font-ourselves-sheepshead-bay/
- Published: 2010-10-01T13:20:48.000Z
- Updated: 2010-10-01T13:20:48.000Z
- Author: Ned Berke
- Tags: Street Signs, waste, #API-Imported

From the [New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/ny%5Flocal/2010/09/30/2010-09-30%5Fbureaucrats%5Forder%5Fcity%5Fto%5Fchange%5Fevery%5Fstreet%5Fsign%5Fleading%5Fny%5Fto%5Fsay%5F%5Fit%5Fis%5Fjust.html?ref=bklyner.com#ixzz117IFnkjN):

> 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.”

> Construction worker Joseph Cain, 49, of Manhattan, reacted with sarcasm, saying, “I see my tax dollars are hard at work.”

> 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.

> The changes are among many in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices that regularly changes to improve road safety, highway administration spokesman Doug Hecox said. The mixed upper- and lowercase rule was adopted in 2003, but municipalities were given until 2018 to comply completely, Hecox said.