Uptown painted some of their signal boxes with a big light switch. It was part of the area art fair theme.
The graffic certainly looks better than a yellow box. Apparently someone (big surprise here) complained which resulted in a few more hoops to jump thru. Good idea, other than some of the Nic. Mall kiosks and some skyway maps in the skyway, good directions are hard to find. Terrell Brown Loring Park --- John McClellan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a link to a neat project being done in > Victoria, BC. They are posting color maps on the > traffic signal boxes around town. Provides a nice > service, cheaply, and also may help reduce graffiti > problems on the boxes. > > http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/archives/000950.html > > I could see this being done here, not only Downtown, > but also along the LRT corridor and near some of the > more heavily foot trafficed/touristy areas like by the > Lakes, Uptown, 50th/France, etc. > > Should be fairly cheap to do, maybe even request a > donation to defray costs from local business in > exchange for a larger font or a small advert box? REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
