According to a letter I received from Gordon Proctor, director of the Ohio Dept. of Transportation, Ohio is unfortunately one of those states that has issued official policy to revert back to imperial measures. The reason he gave was because it's consistent with what other states are doing since the Transportation Equity Act of 1998 eliminated the Federal requirement to use SI. Mr. Proctor did however say that what's needed is a coordinated national effort : "Once this commitment is established at the national level, ODOT is prepared to move forward with continued metrication efforts."
jdd On Friday 21 May 2004 13:35, john mercer wrote: > A lot of state department of transportations have gone back to imperial > measurements. Does anyone think that any of them that have gone back to > imperial will ever go back to metric? I think it was a real blow to the > metric system when these departments went back. I think about a month or > so back there was a posting on this list about New York looking at the > possibility of going back to imperial has anyone heard any more about it. > What about government buildings are they built in imperial or metric? > Thanks John Mercer.
