[Mpls] Re: Mpls street sign colors

Tim Bonham t-bonham at scc.net
Mon Jan 24 19:51:40 CST 2005


>In the early 1970s, the colored street signs were installed as a snow
>emergency system (e.g. "do not park on blue streets until 8:00 tomorrow
>morning," etc.). Apparently it didn't work too well; they were only used
>for a couple of seasons.
>
>Victoria M. Ford
         Possibly because people seldom actually look at the street sign on 
their own block; a couple days after moving in they learn how to get home 
without reading the street signs.

I couldn't have told you what color my street sign was until I looked this 
morning.

Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson




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