New York To Spend $27.5 Million Uncapitalizing Street Signs

250,000 street signs in New York City feature street names in capital letters only, which is not the national standard. Having no other issues on the table, The New York City Department of Transportation has decided to fix the problem and put up proper signs featuring both capital and lower-case letters at a cost of $27.5 million. The Transportation Department hopes to have the job completed by 2018 with 11,000 of the most important improperly capitaled signs fixed by the end of the year. Catastrophe averted.

I Think....

[DIplomatic]

...it's a CAPITAL idea!

Yeah...

[Sedated2000]

Because with the economic woes, war in Afghanistan going poorly... we need to rush to uncapitalize the signs in New York. Or the terrorists win.

Awesome

[jonnythan]

This is a great initiative to implement when facing massive, crippling budget deficits.

That answers that...

[stazeii]

When driving in/around NYC, I always wondered why it felt like I was being yelled at. =P

Re:Penny wise, dollar foolish.

[FrostDust]

No one drives in Manhatten anymore, there're too many cars.

Re:Budget?

[DevConcepts]

because outrage at government spending gives Slashbots a hard-on.

Great free alternative to the little blue pill

Re:Budget?

[bws111]

.00001% need to be replaced each year? Really? The average life of a street sign is 10 million years? Wow. Thanks for the info.

Re:Budget?

[Delarth799]

A cool person, because caps lock is cruise control for cool 8-)