Mastodawn

Number of mathematicians who laboriously pored through a Philips atlas with a highlighter pen: 1.

Number of mathematicians who scraped Facebook posts for people talking about low bridges: 1.

Number of viewers who thought "Network Rail will have a list of all low railway bridges." and went off to read it: 1.

Data found from Network Rail's list in a couple of minutes, as soon as I realized that there was sometimes a space between the feet and the inches in the old measurements. (-:

https://youtube.com/v/kH_bSvf7EVA?t=808&lc=UgzI-T7hmKCGdPC-4e14AaABAg

@bytebro
#StandUpMaths #NetworkRail #LowBridges #metric #RoadSigns

What is up with UK bridge height signs?

YouTube

Todd Apr 20

I love homemade road signs

#temecula #roadsigns #gravel #cycling

Hacker News Apr 17

Designing the Transport Typeface

https://www.thamesandhudson.com/blogs/all-news-features/designing-the-transport-typeface-margaret-calvert-on-the-making-of-britain-s-road-signs

#HackerNews #TransportTypeface #Typography #Design #RoadSigns #GraphicDesign

Designing the Transport Typeface: Margaret Calvert on the Making of Br

Margaret Calvert reveals how she designed Transport, the iconic typeface and signage system that transformed Britain’s motorways.

Thames & Hudson

Hacker News Mar 29

The road signs that teach travellers about France

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260327-the-road-signs-that-teach-travellers-about-france

#HackerNews #roadsigns #France #travel #education #culture

The road signs that teach travellers about France

From abbeys and bridges to fish soup and Resistance history, France's motorway signs offer drivers a crash course in the nation rushing past their windows.

BBC

Dan Sloane Mar 26

I'm still baffled by these new roadsigns that have gone up in Newbury. Pass both sides of what? On pedestrianised streets. I think someone ordered the wrong signs.

#Newbury #roadsigns #urbanplanning