{"id":6819,"date":"2011-11-30T17:56:19","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T22:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/?p=6819"},"modified":"2011-11-30T17:56:19","modified_gmt":"2011-11-30T22:56:19","slug":"nothing_distracts_morethan_quirky_dot_signscause_bad_haikus_stink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2011\/11\/nothing_distracts_morethan_quirky_dot_signscause_bad_haikus_stink.html","title":{"rendered":"Nothing Distracts More\/Than Quirky DOT Signs\/&#8217;Cause Bad Haikus Stink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Janette Sadik-Khan\/Has some ideas about bikes\/But <a href=\"http:\/\/nyti.ms\/uQKhX4\">haikus<\/a> are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/transportation-chief-janette-sadik-khan-city-haiku-boost-street-safety-article-1.984327\">strange<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Paid for with a state grant from DWI funds, the 216 signs feature 12 designs with haiku &#8212; Japanese-style short poems that will deliver critical safety messages. The city first unveiled Curbside Haiku on Tuesday in Harlem.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Adding curbside haiku is really just adding another level of safety to high-crash sites,&#8221; DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan said.<\/p>\n<p>She said the colorful signs wouldn&#8217;t distract drivers because they are small &#8212; 8-by-8 inches.<\/p>\n<p>In one, a silhouette of &#8220;Walking Man&#8221; is paired with the haiku:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Too averse to risk<\/p>\n<p>To chance the lottery, yet<\/p>\n<p>Steps into traffic.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Janette Sadik-Khan\/Has some ideas about bikes\/But haikus are strange: Paid for with a state grant from DWI funds, the 216 signs feature 12 designs with haiku &#8212; Japanese-style short poems that will deliver critical safety messages. The city first unveiled Curbside Haiku on Tuesday in Harlem. &#8220;Adding curbside haiku is really just adding another level [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-youre_kidding_right"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6820,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6819\/revisions\/6820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}