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Sorry to bump, but just to let everyone know, here in the Phoenix area we now have them on most of our freeways, with the US 60 Superstition Freeway being completed this week. The only ones that still remain are Loop 101 between the Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway and Shea, I-10 from 35th Avenue to Baseline Road, I-17 south of Dunlap, and SR 143 (although I know the latter is planned to get them soon).
I feel sorry for poor Albuquerque area residents and tourists who can't have logo signs to tell them what restaurants, gas stations, hotels, or attractions are available at the next exit. If a major metro area like Phoenix can have them, I don't see why Albuquerque can't. And Phoenix isn't the only major metro area that has them; Denver, Atlanta, Orlando, and Las Vegas also have logo signs on most of their freeways.
I bet if I would ask most Albuquerque residents if whether or not they would support them, I would think I would get mostly positive responses. Most people I know in the Phoenix area support them. It seems the only people who oppose them (for both the Phoenix and Albuquerque areas) are City-Data users.
And still, you should not be using a smartphone while driving at freeway speeds, nor is it legal to park on shoulders to look up services on your phone except in emergencies.
Since my last post I've changed my mind. I suggested we don't need these because we have billboards. In fact, I'd rather get rid of billboards completely and go with logo signs exclusively. Billboards are too big and ugly.
I feel sorry for poor Albuquerque area residents and tourists who can't have logo signs to tell them what restaurants, gas stations, hotels, or attractions are available at the next exit.
Oh really? We figured out how to find the "restaurants, gas stations, hotels, or attractions" without the extra signs... I would like to see some of the ugly billboards which exist go away...
besides, the law against them still exists
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Originally Posted by Poncho_NM
Why? Just because Arizona does it New Mexico should? Just what I don't want to see, more advertising on the "freeways".
Maybe because they are not legal?
The Above From: 18.21.4 NMAC
This rule was filed as: 18 NMAC 21.4.
TITLE 18 TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS CHAPTER 21 TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAGE PART 4 TOURIST ORIENTED DIRECTIONAL SIGNS (TODS)
It appears they can be used on the Turquoise Trail.
The fees are:
Application $75/per sign 1 time charge
Annual Rental $120.00 per year
With the plethora of smartphones (61% of Americans) and GPS enabled vehicles. I don't see a need for them. Those of us in town don't need them. How many people really travel alone and can't have someone else in the vehicles used said devices to find info. Worse comes to worse, just jump off the freeway and stop and utilized the device. I have done so in the past.
With the plethora of smartphones (61% of Americans) and GPS enabled vehicles. I don't see a need for them. Those of us in town don't need them. How many people really travel alone and can't have someone else in the vehicles used said devices to find info. Worse comes to worse, just jump off the freeway and stop and utilized the device. I have done so in the past.
Big waste of fuel. Apparently the many businesses who choose sign up to be on logo signs disagree. If logo signs were really unnecessary due to smartphones and GPS, why would businesses even bother to get a position on one of them? The advertising is not free; businesses pay a lot of money to be on one of those signs. Here in the Phoenix area those signs often get full quite easily and frequently require a second sign per direction.
Besides, most of those that advertise there are chains and large corporations. IMHO, I'd rather find a local place to eat.
You know that most chain restaurants as well as branded gas stations are franchises, right? It is generally the franchise owner, not the company, who pays for logo signs.
You know that most chain restaurants as well as branded gas stations are franchises, right? It is generally the franchise owner, not the company, who pays for logo signs.
Like I said, I'd rather eat at a local place then at a run-of-the-mill-national-chain-with-no-flavor eatery. With smart phone apps these days, it takes no time to find something local, good, quick and not far out of the way. I travel all over the country. I can't name the last time I was forced to eat at a bland national chain/franchise. You can continue looking for those silly signs to lead you to a bland, boring place to fill your tummy. Thankfully, we have options to direct us to better places.
Sorry to bump an old thread, but it appears that NMDOT's contract with Interstate Logos is currently up for bid, and according to the RFP document, there are provisions to allow logo signs at urban or suburban interchanges as long as adequate sign spacing can be maintained, with the final determination made by NMDOT. I wonder whoever is the selected vendor will install logo signs on Albuquerque freeways.
it appears that NMDOT's contract with Interstate Logos is currently up for bid
So, why don't you provide a URL for this alleged "bid"...
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