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houle333 t1_iu11wty wrote

Reply to comment by mkt853 in Anyone know why the renumbered exits are blacked out? by JMPopaleetus

This is a good point. Numbers based on miles as a standard makes lots of sense in a world where people use paper maps to navigate somewhere new.

But fast forward to the 2020's and there might be 12 people under 60 years of age in the entire state that currently use paper maps.

Smart phone ubiquity and Google maps just straight up leap frogged us past a "future proof" standardization plan.

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mkt853 t1_iu15axj wrote

Yeah remember when we had those yellow call boxes on the side of the highway every mile or so? At least with those they acknowledged that technology had rendered them obsolete so they were removed. At that point they should have shelved the exit renumbering plan for the same reason. CT likely won't be done with its renumbering until the 2030s. The state is probably hoping if they drag it out long enough the problem will just go away on its own.

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