Jut got an update on States reversion (or perversion as the case may be) back to 
English. I'm not sure who produced it.

States Still SI as of 5/30/01:

Alaska, California, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon. 

States still dual as of 5/30/01:

Delaware, Louisiana, Vermont, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Washington

Seems to me these dual States are headed back to English even though they are not 
officially SI.

The rest either never converted, have reverted or are in the reversion process.  

The sad part is I counted 22 States that revered by orders of the State DOT or their 
commissioner. Only three were due to "State Legislature" although I'm sure with the 
others there was significant political pressure which is not apparent in this listing. 

Four States are 100% metric based on 1999 % construction (maybe its higher for other 
SI states by now.)

New Jersey (dual), Oregon (SI), New York (SI), Utah (SI but recently announced 
reversion). 

Sorry the news is so grim. 

Howard Ressel, Metric Manager
New York State Department of Transportation, Region 4

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