Congress "deliberately" undercut their own 1988 directive that the Federal
government metricate with two bills:
*National Highway System Designation Act of 1995
*Savings in Construction Act of 1996
(Sorry about the fonts, I copied&pasted and can't seem to fix them)These are
mentioned on the USMA "metric laws" page, but they amended earlier bills. I
can't find the text of just those bills, only the codified version resulting
from the amendment.
It seems some in the State DOTs were OK with metrication, some weren't, but the
actual builders HATED it, and lobbied Congress, who rolled over as usual to big
donor pressure. The good of getting reelected usually outweighs the good of the
nation. However, they were separate bills, not lines buried in a budget, so
everyone who voted for them is "guilty" of being anti-metric, and it was enough
to pass. Blame Congress, the opposite of progress. (not that I feel strongly
or anything)
On Wednesday, June 10, 2020, 12:45:16 AM EDT, Michael Payne
<[email protected]> wrote:
Anyone have the history of how and why most State Highway departments rolled
back their metric transition a number of years back? I seem to remember it was
some Congressmen who inserted language into a budget somewhere that made the
whole transition voluntary. And it all unravelled.
Mike Payne
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