It's retro, the lettering is large, it will glow in the dark and several will be posted throughout downtown Red Bank in time for the fairer weather traffic flow.
It's RiverCenter's new, yet old, model for a visible, suitable parking wayfinding sign, as it is labeled, to direct traffic to parking areas.
"Get them done, out there and posted in time" for heavier traffic months, Mayor Pat Menna said while happily approving of the design and joking. "I just want to make sure they're highly visible, since no one can see well anymore. Can we have them painted with glow in the dark paint? I don't care if they're fuschia, magenta ... whatever color, as long as they can be seen in the dark and the lettering for 'parking' is large."
"They won't be magenta," RiverCenter Director Nancy Adams joked.
Dan
11:10 am on Thursday, March 14, 2013
It's official: the "distressed" movement has jumped the shark. We're paying extra for the sign to look weathered? Retro is cool, but honestly, if I drove into a town,even if I noticed that dull sign, if I saw a sign that looked that old, I wouldn't follow it. I'd look for the blue sign with the white P that means parking everywhere in the world except hiptown.
Marketing people should not be allowed near the design of traffic signs. The purpose is not to be cool. The purpose is to help people find a place to park. The square blue sign with the white P. Below it, a blue rectangle with an arrow and the distance to the parking.
Nancy Adams
11:53 am on Thursday, March 14, 2013
Dan: The sign being held was an old one that was just being used as a prototype. All the signs will be new and not distressed.
Elaine Van Develde
1:15 pm on Thursday, March 14, 2013
Thanks, Nancy. Yes, it's a prototype, as the story says.
Mike
10:04 pm on Thursday, March 14, 2013
Shouldn't PARKING precede the arrow? PARKING -----> makes more sense than ------> PARKING to me.