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DfT rejects industry view on metric signs
The Department for Transport (DfT) has given in to anti-metric lobbying and backtracked on its earlier proposal that imperial-only height and width restriction signs should be replaced with dual metric/imperial signs within four years. This climbdown is despite the responses … Continue reading
Who should pay for metrication of road signs?
The Department for Transport have claimed that converting road signs to show metric units would be an unjustifiable diversion of resources from other priority areas. So is there an argument that the costs should be met from some other budget? … Continue reading
Review fails to address major traffic sign issues
A three-year review of traffic signs has failed to address major problems with the UK’s signs.
Posted in Law, Road signs, Transport
Tagged bridge strikes, Department for Transport, DfT, dual-unit, imperial road signs, metric road signs
19 Comments
Road safety experts ignore UK sign problems
A recent report into the safety implications of variations in road signs across Europe has ignored problems caused by the UK’s continued use of imperial units.
Posted in Law, Road signs, Transport
Tagged imperial road signs, metric road signs, metric speed limits, road safety
55 Comments
‘Optimism bias’ falls from favour
In November 2005, the UK Department for Transport (DfT) produced an estimate of the cost of converting road traffic signs for speed and distance measurements to metric units. Optimism bias accounted for between 26% and 33% of the total overall … Continue reading
Posted in Road signs, Transport
Tagged Department for Transport, imperial road signs, metric road signs
14 Comments
Southwark goes back to the 1980s
The London Borough of Southwark appears to relish its role as the setting for the BBC’s 1980s retro series Ashes to Ashes, which was filmed on location in the borough. Just a few hundred metres from filming locations, which were … Continue reading
Posted in Road signs, Transport
Tagged Department for Transport, DfT, imperial road signs, metric road signs, Southwark
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‘Rebalancing of the UK economy’ postponed?
Metric Views has learned that the coalition government may drop the proposed amendments to road traffic sign regulations, which would have required dual signage of height and width restrictions within four years and which would have achieved savings and improvements in … Continue reading
Posted in Education, General, Road signs, Transport
Tagged DfT, imperial road signs, metric road signs, rebalancing the economy
23 Comments
60 km Jubilee Greenway to be signed in imperial
On 9th June 1977, the Queen officially opened the Silver Jubilee Walkway, a 21 km walking trail around central London to mark her Silver Jubilee, or 25 years on the throne. Thirty-three years later, work is under way to celebrate … Continue reading
Posted in General, Road signs, Transport
Tagged imperial road signs, journey time, Jubilee, kilometre, metric road signs, metrication, minutes
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DfT imperialists waste more taxpayers’ money
The Department for Transport, who once described metrication of road signs as “a waste of taxpayers’ money”, have themselves been condemned by a House of Commons Select Committee for wasting £71 million on building 66 motorcycle testing stations in order … Continue reading
Posted in General, Road signs, Transport
Tagged Department for Transport, DfT, imperial road signs, metrication, speed limit
9 Comments
Imperial confusion on new tunnel signs
Transport for London (TfL) was today criticised by the UK Metric Association (UKMA) for bungling the erection of new signs at the Rotherhithe tunnel, including banning all vehicles over 33 inches long from using the tunnel – and for wasting … Continue reading
Posted in General, Road signs, Transport
Tagged bridge strikes, imperial road signs, metric, TfL, Transport for London
22 Comments