MANHATTAN — The city is being forced to change the font on its street signs at a cost of $27.5 million, the Daily News reported Thursday.
At a cost of $110 per sign, the city has until 2018 to change the approximate 250,000 street signs around the borough to a font called Clearview, using a combination of upper and lower case style, according to the newspaper.
Currently, most street signs in New York are spelled out in capital letters. Under the new mandate by the federal government, street signs such as TIMES SQ. will change to Times Sq., using the new font.
Back in 2003, federal authorities found that using a combination of capital and lower case letters made street signs easier to see. Cities across America were given until 2018 to make the changes.
A Department of Transportation spokesperson told the News that federal authorities provide ongoing funding to New York City to improve road safety.
