{"id":562,"date":"2025-02-19T15:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T19:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/?p=562"},"modified":"2025-02-19T16:17:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T20:17:26","slug":"signage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/2025\/02\/19\/signage\/","title":{"rendered":"signage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-sign-west-of-Meade.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-566\" src=\"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-sign-west-of-Meade.jpg\" alt=\"sign #1 west of Meade Avenue\" width=\"1028\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-sign-west-of-Meade.jpg 1028w, http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-sign-west-of-Meade-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-sign-west-of-Meade-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-sign-west-of-Meade-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-sign-west-of-Meade-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1028px) 100vw, 1028px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFor decades Woolen Mills neighbors have asked the City for relief from &#8220;cut through&#8221; traffic, vehicles using neighborhood streets to avoid traffic lights. The step in that direction from the city has been signage. We are a City of literati and surely, the written word should suffice. The above is the first sign on E Market warning truck drivers.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-sign-02-west-of-meade.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-565\" src=\"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-sign-02-west-of-meade.jpg\" alt=\"sign #2 west of Meade\" width=\"1028\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-sign-02-west-of-meade.jpg 1028w, http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-sign-02-west-of-meade-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-sign-02-west-of-meade-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-sign-02-west-of-meade-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-sign-02-west-of-meade-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1028px) 100vw, 1028px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe second sign strongly suggests that tractor trailers turn right&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-sign-east-of-meade.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-564\" src=\"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-sign-east-of-meade.jpg\" alt=\"3rd sign east of Meade\" width=\"771\" height=\"1028\" srcset=\"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-sign-east-of-meade.jpg 771w, http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-sign-east-of-meade-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-sign-east-of-meade-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDead end! This third sign is within the area the City designates as the Woolen Mills neighborhood.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-Semi-Woolen-Mills-Chapel.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-567\" src=\"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-Semi-Woolen-Mills-Chapel.jpg\" alt=\"truck at the county line\" width=\"1028\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-Semi-Woolen-Mills-Chapel.jpg 1028w, http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-Semi-Woolen-Mills-Chapel-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-Semi-Woolen-Mills-Chapel-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-Semi-Woolen-Mills-Chapel-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-Semi-Woolen-Mills-Chapel-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1028px) 100vw, 1028px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd so, vehicles proceed. Maybe they didn&#8217;t understand? Maybe they thought the warning applied to others?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-flattened-sign.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-568\" src=\"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-flattened-sign.jpg\" alt=\"damage to local infrastructure\" width=\"771\" height=\"1028\" srcset=\"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-flattened-sign.jpg 771w, http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-flattened-sign-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-flattened-sign-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI think the yellow signs are advisory. They are a suggestion. I don&#8217;t think the drivers get tickets for their incursions or suffer financial penalties for the items they break.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-rtf-flattened.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-569\" src=\"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-rtf-flattened.jpg\" alt=\"RTF sign\" width=\"771\" height=\"1028\" srcset=\"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-rtf-flattened.jpg 771w, http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-rtf-flattened-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250218-rtf-flattened-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nRecently the TJPDC voted to raise the Federal Classification of our neighborhood streets to a more intense category &#8220;minor collector&#8221;. Will that help?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Pages-from-Standard_Highway_Signs_Book_Rev1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Pages-from-Standard_Highway_Signs_Book_Rev1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1386\" height=\"1345\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-563\" srcset=\"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Pages-from-Standard_Highway_Signs_Book_Rev1.jpg 1386w, http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Pages-from-Standard_Highway_Signs_Book_Rev1-300x291.jpg 300w, http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Pages-from-Standard_Highway_Signs_Book_Rev1-1024x994.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Pages-from-Standard_Highway_Signs_Book_Rev1-768x745.jpg 768w, http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Pages-from-Standard_Highway_Signs_Book_Rev1-309x300.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1386px) 100vw, 1386px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPossibly employ a different advisory sign?<br \/>\n <span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='584' height='359' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2iymz7d1hro?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For decades Woolen Mills neighbors have asked the City for relief from &#8220;cut through&#8221; traffic, vehicles using neighborhood streets to avoid traffic lights. The step in that direction from the city has been signage. We are a City of literati &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/2025\/02\/19\/signage\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":576,"href":"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions\/576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/historicwoolenmills.org\/fabric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}