Add NY State to that, also sequential. On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Paul Trusten <trus...@grandecom.net> wrote:
> ...except Massachusetts! > > My native state has always had consecutive exit numbering. > > Paul Trusten > > On Dec 28, 2009, at 14:03, "Martin Vlietstra" <vliets...@btinternet.com> > wrote: > > I understand that most US freeway exits are numbered with reference to > the number of miles from the state line (or the start of the freeway > concerned). In the Wikipedia article “Exit numbers” > (<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit_number> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit_number), I saw the following: > *“*United States - The use of sequential or distance-based exit numbering > currently varies by state, with 43 states using distance-based exit > numbering and seven states using sequential numbering. The latest edition of > the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), issued by the Federal > Highway Administration on December 16, 2009, eliminates the option for > states to use sequential exit numbering, and requires the seven states that > presently number their exits sequentially to convert to distance-based > numbering by January 2020.” *There is more in the Wikipedia article > *<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit_numbers_in_the_United_States> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit_numbers_in_the_United_States. > > Anybody have any comments? > ------------------------------ > > *From:* owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Victor Jockin > *Sent:* 28 December 2009 19:34 > *To:* U.S. Metric Association > *Subject:* [USMA:46312] Re: Column by Terry Dickson > > > > This half-serious piece is ignorable. I just wish the international > pressure he mentioned actually existed, or that the President had any > inkling to act on the issue of metric conversion. > > > > I've said a few times on this discussion group that the biggest problem is > the combination of the undemocratic nature of the US Senate (single senators > can block action) and our inherently corrupt campaign finance system > (Senators use that undemocratic power to serve monied private interests). > The result is an inability of the US Congress to act in the public interest > when powerful private interests might be harmed. This is both why the US > stands alone among industrialized countries in not adopting the world's > standard system of measurement, and why we stand alone in not providing > universal healthcare for our citizens. The current healthcare debate has > placed this glaring fault in our democracy in full view once again. > > > > We don't need a revolution to change this, just common sense campaign > finance reform and, as Thomas Friedman wrote in the NY Times last week, a > change in Senate rules to end filibusters. Neither are unthinkable. > > > > > > > > *From:* *Pat Naughtin* > > *Sent:* Sunday, December 27, 2009 7:53 PM > > *To:* *U.S. Metric Association* > > *Subject:* [USMA:46307] Column by Terry Dickson > > > > Dear All, > > > > In this column at > <http://jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2009-12-27/story/my_list_of_wishes_for_the_new_year> > http://jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2009-12-27/story/my_list_of_wishes_for_the_new_yearTerry > Dickson writes: > > > > I hope our president doesn't bow to international pressure and put the U.S. > on the metric system. We'd have to convert miles to kilometers and dabs and > smidgens to deciliters and centiliters. > > Is this an important column that deserves a response? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Pat Naughtin > > Author of the ebook, *Metrication Leaders Guide,* that you can obtain > from <http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html> > http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html > > PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, > > Geelong, Australia > > Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 > > > > Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped > thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric > system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands > each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat > provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and > professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in > Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian > Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the > UK, and the USA. See <http://www.metricationmatters.com/> > http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication information, > contact Pat at <pat.naugh...@metricationmatters.com> > pat.naugh...@metricationmatters.com or to get the free '*Metrication > matters*' newsletter go to: <http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter> > http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe. > > > >
