The bright lights of Coventry 1 November 2017
Coventry is home to the UK's only fully electronic road signs. Will they catch on?
Coventry is home to the UK's only fully electronic road signs. Will they catch on?
A century ago, one short memorandum issued by the Ministry of Transport laid the groundwork for a system of standardised, uniform road signs and a great deal more.
Histories
During the 1960s the UK developed some of the most sophisticated - and strange - electronic variable message signs anywhere in the world. How? And, just as importantly... why?
Histories
Those funny black and yellow symbols are everywhere - and they might just get you back on track one day.
Guides
If you're on the motorway (in England at least) you might have noticed some funny blue signs down the side of the road. What are they for?
Guides
From Zebra to Pelican and beyond: the comprehensive history of the development of the humble pedestrian crossing.
Histories
This is the story of one man at Oxfordshire County Council who pre-empted the development of modern road signs - much to the annoyance of the men from the Ministry.
Histories
The tale of how British traffic signing developed between the Second World War and the mid-1960s, bringing us from a system designed at the turn of the century to the signs we still use today.
Histories
Examples of the increasingly rare signs from before the big change-over in the mid 1960's.