• 69. Highway Signs

  • Nov 4 2024
  • Length: 20 mins
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69. Highway Signs

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  • It takes millions of giant green placards to make America navigable. Where do they come from — and who pays the bill? Zachary Crockett takes the exit.

    • SOURCES:
      • Lee Blackman, general manager at Correction Enterprises.
      • Gene Hawkins, senior principal engineer at Kittelson and professor emeritus of civil engineering at Texas A&M University.
      • Renee Roach, state signing and delineation engineer for the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

    • RESOURCES:
      • "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, 11th Edition," by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (2023).
      • "Who Picks the Businesses on Highway Exit Signs?" by Janet Nguyen (Marketplace, 2022).
      • "The Road to Clarity," by Joshua Yaffa (The New York Times Magazine, 2007).

    • EXTRAS:
      • "Do People Pay Attention to Signs?" by No Stupid Questions (2022).
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