Travel Time Sign

[jdb1234]

They have it in Atlanta too.

http://www.georgia-navigator.com/signs

We have those here in Birmingham that (finally) display travel times.

[BigMattFromTexas]

That blue one is bad, thats pretty darn sweet. In Texas we just got VMS's.
BigMatt

[KillerTux]

Maryland is a real late state in travel times..March this year they started using the some VMS for travel time  

http://www.mdot.maryland.gov/News/2010/March2010/SHA-TravelTimes.htm

[algorerhythms]

I seem to remember seeing a couple VMS travel time signs along I-45 going into Houston last week.

But, more importantly, am I the only person who was disappointed after reading the title of this thread that is was about travel time and not time travel?

[Jim]

I've seen a lot of the completely variable signs popping up both around here in the Albany area and down in Naples, Florida.  They're usually displaying travel times like others have described here.  As for the Indiana one in the original post, it's nice to look at, but a lot less useful than a truly variable sign.  Sometimes it would be nice to post other information and that Indiana example can only give travel times to specific points.

[tdindy88]

I seem to remember seeing a couple VMS travel time signs along I-45 going into Houston last week.

But, more importantly, am I the only person who was disappointed after reading the title of this thread that is was about travel time and not time travel?

I'm sorry for that, my bad. I meant to say Travel Time, not Time Travel. I realized that after I first posted that the name was not correct.

[Scott5114]

"NO DELOREANS NEXT 16 MILES"

[BigMattFromTexas]

I've also seen AMBER alerts on VMS's in San Antonio...

[WillWeaverRVA]

"NO DELOREANS NEXT 16 MILES"

I was going to say something about a TARDIS, but then I decided not to...

[bulldog1979]

I've also seen AMBER alerts on VMS's in San Antonio...

MDOT has been reminding motorists that they need motorcycle endorsements to operate motorcycles.

[Mr_Northside]

Around Pittsburgh, the VMS will warn of congestion, but no actual predictions of travel times.  (The closest they get is "Delays likely")

[agentsteel53]

But, more importantly, am I the only person who was disappointed after reading the title of this thread that is was about travel time and not time travel?

I don't know what you guys are reading, but thanks to the information contained in this topic, I have now successfully become not only my own grandfather, but also my grandmother, two semi-cousins, and a badger.

[RustyK]

These are commonly used around the Seattle area, too, on the Interstates, anyway.  I don't believe they do this on SR 520.  WADot even posts the Seattle-Area VMS signs on the website: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/seattle/vms/

[Scott5114]

I don't know what you guys are reading, but thanks to the information contained in this topic, I have now successfully become not only my own grandfather, but also my grandmother, two semi-cousins, and a badger.

mushroom mushrooooom

[algorerhythms]

But, more importantly, am I the only person who was disappointed after reading the title of this thread that is was about travel time and not time travel?

I don't know what you guys are reading, but thanks to the information contained in this topic, I have now successfully become not only my own grandfather, but also my grandmother, two semi-cousins, and a badger.

"I know where I came from–but where did all you zombies come from?"

[6a]

I really, really prefer the ones that give a distance as well as a travel time.  18 minutes is awesome if the destination is 20 miles away, but if it's only 2 miles... 

[thenetwork]

I really, really prefer the ones that give a distance as well as a travel time.  18 minutes is awesome if the destination is 20 miles away, but if it's only 2 miles...  

It's not as much of a necessity if you live in a state that faithfully puts up distance/mileage signs to key destinations after each/most exit(s):

COLORADO -- Good 
MICHIGAN -- Bad 

[mightyace]

^^^

On I-95 between Jacksonville and the Titusville area, I saw lots of small VMSs.  (usually one after each exit)  The usually had the route number, distance and time to two of the next exits.

Personally, I like having the distance as I had never been to the area before and was not familiar with the distances.

[6a]

It's not as much of a necessity if you live in a state that faithfully puts up distance/mileage signs to key destinations after each/most exit(s):

COLORADO -- Good 
MICHIGAN -- Bad 

It's the states I don't live in that I'm worried about  

[thenetwork]

It's not as much of a necessity if you live in a state that faithfully puts up distance/mileage signs to key destinations after each/most exit(s):

COLORADO -- Good 
MICHIGAN -- Bad 

It's the states I don't live in that I'm worried about  

oops...I meant if you DRIVE in a state...

[wh15395]

I have a couple of questions that maybe someone from Indiana can answer. First, wouldn't these signs be a waste of money in Indianapolis since INDOT has installed many Dynamic Message Signs in the Indianapolis area and could just put travel times on those? Second, I actually saw on the Dynamic Message Sign on I-69 South in Fishers saying "Travel Time to I-465/4 Miles-4 Minutes." I saw this back around the beginning of the year, but no travel times anywhere since. Does this mean that INDOT has the travel time technology in the Indianapolis area and is just waiting to put the travel time signs up?

[tdindy88]

I have a couple of questions that maybe someone from Indiana can answer. First, wouldn't these signs be a waste of money in Indianapolis since INDOT has installed many Dynamic Message Signs in the Indianapolis area and could just put travel times on those? Second, I actually saw on the Dynamic Message Sign on I-69 South in Fishers saying "Travel Time to I-465/4 Miles-4 Minutes." I saw this back around the beginning of the year, but no travel times anywhere since. Does this mean that INDOT has the travel time technology in the Indianapolis area and is just waiting to put the travel time signs up?

Right now INDOT in the Indianapolis doesn't display travel times except in rare cases. The only thing that I've seen like that in Indy is during the I-69 Tanker explosion last October DMSs along I-465 telling the distance to I-70 and I-69 on the east side though I think it was there only to aid motorists who were detoured due to the accident. According to INDOT's plans, these signs are to be installed throughout the Indianapolis area over the next few years. Could the DMSs be put to better use, probably.

[nyratk1]

I want to say NYSDOT has one on the Northern State Pkwy.

[wh15395]

Right now INDOT in the Indianapolis doesn't display travel times except in rare cases. The only thing that I've seen like that in Indy is during the I-69 Tanker explosion last October DMSs along I-465 telling the distance to I-70 and I-69 on the east side though I think it was there only to aid motorists who were detoured due to the accident. According to INDOT's plans, these signs are to be installed throughout the Indianapolis area over the next few years. Could the DMSs be put to better use, probably.

Yeah the I-69 travel time was posted on the sign for a few days, and then they just randomly disappeared.

[Duke87]

I want to say NYSDOT has one on the Northern State Pkwy.

There are a couple of them. Here's one.
The sign is illegible in Streetview, but it's showing travel times to the Cross Island via the Northern State and via the LIE.