I believe Ezra that it is Bournemouth Borough Council - certainly all the signs
had the Bournemouth logo on them.
I agree with you - as I mentioned in a previous email, I find a lot of use of
metric at local and at the individual level. It seems only central and other
high level government departments that are afraid to use metric, likely in the
(mistaken) belief that the public aren't ready for it. It could well be that
the public is more than ready for it. Could there be something here that the
US could use?
John F-L
----- Original Message -----
From: ezra.steinb...@comcast.net
To: j...@frewston.plus.com
Cc: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: [USMA:45268] RE: Gratifying use of SI in my home town
Any idea who are responsible for the signage? It might be interesting to find
out because it could provide additional evidence that the UK public (or most of
it) is ready for metric road signs.
Ezra
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Frewen-Lord" <j...@frewston.plus.com>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 12:00:46 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: [USMA:45268] RE: Gratifying use of SI in my home town
Last week we were in Bournemouth, Dorset. We walked virtually the entire
seafront between Hengistbury Head in the east to Poole in the west (a distance
of around 10 km or so). Every 300 or 400 m there is a signboard showing
nearest amenities, plus nearest point of interest. Everything was metric (e.g.
Bournemouth Town Centre 2.5 km, Bistro Restaurant 120 m, toilets 85 m, clifftop
elevation 48 m, etc).
Not an imperial measurement to be seen.
John F-L
----- Original Message -----
From: Martin Vlietstra
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 7:19 PM
Subject: [USMA:45266] RE: Gratifying use of SI in my home town
Bill,
It is a legal requirement in the UK that berths be quoted per metre. UKMA
members have often scoured local government websites to remind local councils
of their legal obligations.
BTW, the .gov.uk URL is used by central government, county councils,
district councils, government agencies and so on, not just central government.
For example, visit www.hart.gov.uk to visit the Hart District Council website.
(Hart District, where I live, is home to about 70,000 people)
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Bill Potts
Sent: 24 June 2009 22:47
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:45259] Gratifying use of SI in my home town
I was looking for information on free broadband wi-fi in my hometown of
Scarborough, UK. I discovered it was only in the Harbour (sic) area. However,
while exploring, I came across the following page, which gives the rates for
private marina berths in UK pounds per square meter:
http://www.yorkshireports.co.uk/content/scarborough/leisure/pb_prices.aspx
As the site is a government one, the use of metric units is unsurprising,
but it's gratifying nonetheless. I was thinking that, if Yorkshire Ports can
get it right, there's no reason NASA (and Boeing) can't also.
Bill
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WFP Consulting
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
