2017 Rand Mcnally Road Atlas

[kphoger]

Forgot to mention, I ended up getting Large Scale spiral-bound edition for just a few dollars more (that should be a movie title). I'm quite happy with the purchase. I must say, though, I continue to be dissatisfied with RMcN's distinction between "other road" and "unpaved road". They very frequently get it wrong, even so far as drawing jeep trails as the former.

[wanderer2575]

Coming out with a 2017 edition in April seems premature.

It's all about marketing and making people think the content is fresh and just-now current.  It's the same reason that a lot of magazines have cover dates as long as two months later than actual publication.

[US 41]

Coming out with a 2017 edition in April seems premature.

It's all about marketing and making people think the content is fresh and just-now current.  It's the same reason that a lot of magazines have cover dates as long as two months later than actual publication.

I do think that Rand McNally needs to start releasing atlases in October again. The 2017 (or any other year) shouldn't come until at least October. Anything before that is definitely premature. By the time late September and October rolls around, construction season is almost over and it's pretty clear what will / won't be open by the next year.

[US 41]

I just noticed that the new southern Lawrence, Kansas Bypass (K-10) that is supposed to open in the Fall of this year is not shown in the new atlas at all. Hopefully it will be shown in the 2018 edition.

[roadfro]

Just now reading through this thread. I wanted to go back and answer something a couple pages ago...

Changes I've noticed on a first look through the new Atlas.


NV
1) Not a change, but a question. Are they ever going to finish the Carson City bypass south of Fairview Dr?

Not much new has happened with Nevada roads since last year. Newest thing I can think of is the addition of new route SR 439 on USA Parkway (an existing roadway east of Reno/Sparks in Storey County), which happened sometime in 2015.

To the question: The last leg of the Carson City Bypass, connecting from Fairview Drive to the southern US 50/395 junction, began construction in Spring 2015. It is scheduled to be completed in Spring 2017. The current project (Phase 2B-3) constructs the freeway mainline to the junction at US 50/395, tying the freeway in via the existing signalized intersection. The final part of the overall bypass (Phase 2B-4) will convert the junction to a SPUI interchange, with freeway mainlines defaulting onto US 50 west–this final project is currently unfunded and not expected to happen for another 10 years.

[dvferyance]

Coming out with a 2017 edition in April seems premature.

It's all about marketing and making people think the content is fresh and just-now current.  It's the same reason that a lot of magazines have cover dates as long as two months later than actual publication.

I do think that Rand McNally needs to start releasing atlases in October again. The 2017 (or any other year) shouldn't come until at least October. Anything before that is definitely premature. By the time late September and October rolls around, construction season is almost over and it's pretty clear what will / won't be open by the next year.

I am ok with as early as August by anything earlier than that I agree is too early.