Signage
On Ukraine 28 February 2022
Until recently Ukraine's extremely well designed new road signs were the only reason we had to think about the country. Plus, some ways to help in the current situation.
Devon help us 16 September 2021
Road signs are colour coded for different types of road, but in Devon there are more colours than anywhere else. What do Devon's colourful signs mean?
Imperfectly Odd: the Strensham Loop 30 April 2021
For a while, the M5 ended at a 270-degree loop - but long after the motorway was extended, it kept on catching drivers unawares. But it left behind an unexpected legacy of safer driving.
Somerset shows the way 27 January 2021
Somerset County Council have started restoring the county’s many fingerposts to their former glory. Somerset resident JR offers a guided tour of some of the county's remarkable historic signposts.
Local signs for local people 26 August 2019
Blue-bordered “local” direction signs are rapidly disappearing from our roads. They had their problems - but also an awful lot of fans.
There's no such thing as Beesworth 14 June 2019
There's no such place as Beesworth. So why does this sign say there is?
The unexpected survivor 19 March 2019
It was designed to warn drivers of bad weather. And it was bad weather that finally exposed it again, after decades under wraps.
The bright lights of Coventry 01 November 2017
Coventry is home to the UK's only fully electronic road signs. Will they catch on?
Accident Black Spot 01 September 2017
Someone's been bringing 1950s signs back from the dead. Is that wise?
Clear and legible
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.
Mixed Signals
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?
Emergency Diversion Routes
Those funny black and yellow symbols are everywhere - and they might just get you back on track one day.
Driver Location Signs
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?
Pedestrian Crossings
From Zebra to Pelican and beyond: the comprehensive history of the development of the humble pedestrian crossing.
Oxfordshire Signs
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.
From War to Worboys
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.
Cockfosters
A North London roundabout signposted almost exclusively in pre-Worboys signs.