Re: [talk-au] NSW Alphanumeric at last..

2012-09-27 Thread Ben Johnson

Yay Best. News. Ever.  Just saw it on Channel 9 news.

I can't believe the state Labor opposition labels this a waste of  
money... given they endorsed it years ago and spent the last 10 years  
erecting road signs all over NSW with the MAB routes already on them,  
and covered them all with temporary cover-plates.  Idiots.


The 9 News report says we'll see the new names starting to appear in  
January, and will be complete by the end of 2013.


BJ



On 27/09/2012, at 3:17 PM, Ian Sergeant wrote:


At last..

http://smh.drive.com.au/motor-news/ms-and-bs-to-make-driving-simple-as-abc-minister-20120927-26n4w.html

We should be completely ready to go by March 2013, I think.

Not clear how long the transition will be.

Ian.

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Re: [talk-au] NSW Alphanumeric at last..

2012-09-27 Thread Darren Osborne
It's a waste of money when the government cries about how poor it is and cuts 
funding to public transport, education and hospitals, and fails to repair 
neglected roads, but can then magically pluck $20 million from thin air.

I agree the alphanumeric system makes sense, but it's hypocritical of the 
government given everything they've said for the past 18 months.

BTW - Why is the Hume Highway being labelled A22. Isn't it Highway 31?

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Re: [talk-au] NSW Alphanumeric at last..

2012-09-27 Thread Darren Osborne
The A22 reference may be an error from News Ltd - 
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/major-nsw-roads-to-get-name-changes/story-fndo317g-1226482603872

(In case you thought I'd gone bonkers).

Wikipedia is already suggesting it will be A31, which makes sense. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hume_Highway


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Re: [talk-au] NSW Alphanumeric at last..

2012-09-27 Thread Ian Sergeant
Sounds like you'll need an up-to-date and accurate map reflecting what 
is on the sign, as well as showing the old_name when searched for.


Ian,

On 27/09/12 21:04, Russell Edwards wrote:

It depends how it's implemented.

It can be a major pain in the backside if there is a conflict between 
a) the name you know b) the name the sign says and/or c) the name a 
service such as Google Maps says.   (Or d) electronic signs warning of 
roadworks on some random route number on such and such a date.) If 
they consistently give, say, the old name and the route number in 
brackets, that would be fine. That's not my experience of it in Vic, 
though.


Names are more memorable than numbers

Cheers
# 9827.

On 27/09/12 18:24, Ben Johnson wrote:

Yay Best. News. Ever.  Just saw it on Channel 9 news.

I can't believe the state Labor opposition labels this a waste of 
money... given they endorsed it years ago and spent the last 10 
years erecting road signs all over NSW with the MAB routes already on 
them, and covered them all with temporary cover-plates.  Idiots.


The 9 News report says we'll see the new names starting to appear in 
January, and will be complete by the end of 2013.


BJ



On 27/09/2012, at 3:17 PM, Ian Sergeant wrote:


At last..

http://smh.drive.com.au/motor-news/ms-and-bs-to-make-driving-simple-as-abc-minister-20120927-26n4w.html 



We should be completely ready to go by March 2013, I think.

Not clear how long the transition will be.

Ian.

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[talk-au] NSW Alphanumeric at last..

2012-09-26 Thread Ian Sergeant
At last..

http://smh.drive.com.au/motor-news/ms-and-bs-to-make-driving-simple-as-abc-minister-20120927-26n4w.html

We should be completely ready to go by March 2013, I think.

Not clear how long the transition will be.

Ian.

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