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MUTCD – Interim Approval for Use of Clearview Font for Positive Contrast Legends on Guide Signs (IA-5)β€”REINSTATEMENT – FHWA MUTCD

MUTCD – Interim Approval for Use of Clearview Font for Positive Contrast Legends on Guide Signs (IA-5)β€”REINSTATEMENT – FHWA MUTCD

The Trump Administration has reversed the Obama's administration to phase out use of Clearview font in favor of the traditional FHWA font. Now DOTs can choose between Clearview and the royalty free FHWA font. I expect with the modern sub versions of FHWA font including lower case characters most will stick with FHWA.

GTx Heated Shell Signal | Current by GE

GTx Heated Shell Signal | Current by GE

Many conservatives are concerned about the dangers of snow sticking to LED traffic lights leading to horrific crashes on highways. For them, General Electric has invented a special traffic light that has a heater element that turns on automatically when it drops below 30 degrees on the glass surface, consuming 33 watts in cold conditions compared to the 116 watts for the incandescent bulbs. Only uses 12 watts when the glass is above freezing.

Old New York 2-color traffic signal sequence

From Youtube: "When I was a kid in the 70's, there were still a bunch of 2-color signals around New York city, and this is how they changed indications. I was fascinated by these...especially since we didn't have them in Jersey."