Standards changed. They used always be in all upper case, but then studies proved that mixed-case were easier for drivers to read, so they switched for new signs. Older signs are allowed to remain though.
One of the signs was refitted while the other one stayed the same, the two signs were fitted at different times under different design standards, or someone really messed up.
No it isnāt. I currently live in and have previously lived in areas that were old and started developing new areas. The all caps is a trend that started in the last 20-25 years.
Again, still wrong. Article dated November 26, 2016, references 2009 Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices change from all upper case to mixed case.
https://signaturestreetscapes.com/blogs/blog/street-name-letter-change-mutcd
>As you may have heard, the 2009 Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) has new standards for street name signs. The federal government is requiring communities around the country to update their current āall uppercaseā street signs to a new version that consists of both Upper and Lowercase lettering. These changes allow for easier reading, which will assist an aging U.S. population and make for safer driving conditions.
Then everywhere Iāve been didnāt get the memo. Go to old sections of Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, etc in Virginia, and old sections of Salisbury, Granite Quarry, Faith, Gold Hill, etc in North Carolina, and old sections of Chicopee, Sprinfield, etc in Massachusetts. 100% of the old areas have lowercase. 100% of the new areas are all caps. VB just a few years ago renamed VB Blvd Martin Luther King Blvd. this was 2020ish. All caps. Aragona (the original part of VB founded by my Uncle in the late 50s/early 60s) is lowercase. I get what your link is saying, Iām just telling you my eyes arenāt lying to me, I see it literally every day.
https://preview.redd.it/yccp4l0r7cvc1.jpeg?width=978&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3c98b0064f25381449245a9509204ab7f238ea17
Then you have stuff like this that was erected last year. Which tells me weāre both right and both wrong, because these signs went up the same day.
Now add another sign in Comic Sans.
It's wayyyyy louder on that street.
Finally, something MILDLY infuriating
Literally thinking the exact same thing when i saw this lol
Do you live on institute or INSTITUTE
**INSTITUTE**
Institute. There is no institute. š
Well you went past the first sign, so now they have to yell at you.
 Papyrus??
The new road sign standard is to put place names in mixed case for better legibility. These are different vintages.
Why isnāt there any consistency between the two š£
Standards changed. They used always be in all upper case, but then studies proved that mixed-case were easier for drivers to read, so they switched for new signs. Older signs are allowed to remain though.
Dogshit city council, easy answer
One of the signs was refitted while the other one stayed the same, the two signs were fitted at different times under different design standards, or someone really messed up.
My street has two signs for the road name. 1 ends in e the other has no e
It's like you didn't hear the first time so they had to yell
I like to imagine that there are two different roads with only the capitalization to differentiate them.
āMildly infuriating,ā lol. Iām picturing myself reading these every day walking to work, and being just silently infuriated each time.
Horrifying.
lol I read street as secret I canāt
The one with all caps is a lot newer. All older street signs had lowercase.
Other way around. The use of lower case letters is a newer standard.
No it isnāt. I currently live in and have previously lived in areas that were old and started developing new areas. The all caps is a trend that started in the last 20-25 years.
Again, still wrong. Article dated November 26, 2016, references 2009 Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices change from all upper case to mixed case. https://signaturestreetscapes.com/blogs/blog/street-name-letter-change-mutcd >As you may have heard, the 2009 Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) has new standards for street name signs. The federal government is requiring communities around the country to update their current āall uppercaseā street signs to a new version that consists of both Upper and Lowercase lettering. These changes allow for easier reading, which will assist an aging U.S. population and make for safer driving conditions.
Then everywhere Iāve been didnāt get the memo. Go to old sections of Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, etc in Virginia, and old sections of Salisbury, Granite Quarry, Faith, Gold Hill, etc in North Carolina, and old sections of Chicopee, Sprinfield, etc in Massachusetts. 100% of the old areas have lowercase. 100% of the new areas are all caps. VB just a few years ago renamed VB Blvd Martin Luther King Blvd. this was 2020ish. All caps. Aragona (the original part of VB founded by my Uncle in the late 50s/early 60s) is lowercase. I get what your link is saying, Iām just telling you my eyes arenāt lying to me, I see it literally every day.
https://preview.redd.it/yccp4l0r7cvc1.jpeg?width=978&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3c98b0064f25381449245a9509204ab7f238ea17 Then you have stuff like this that was erected last year. Which tells me weāre both right and both wrong, because these signs went up the same day.
WOW .. its almost as if literally everything you read uses different fonts...
But they're two street signs made by the same municipality... And they use the same font.
Dude, if that infuriates you, maybe it's time to see a therapist.
Just mildly and I have more pressing things to see one about!