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The AARoads webmasters have interviewed with several news papers over the years, both about the web site itself, and about road enthusiasm in general. Our photos have also been reproduced by magazines and in news articles covering a variety of highway topics from electronic tolling to sign changes. Additionally, several webpages use images from our web site including tourism and chamber of commerce sites. Our photos also appear on Department of Transportation project pages and slide presentations, an assortment of text books and exhibits. Some of these are listed below.

The Nevada Travel Network Guide to Interstate 15

The Nevada Travel Network Guide to Interstate 15 features a photo of Interstate 515 with Interstate 15 overhead signs.

New England Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers

New England Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers features some of our photos from the Vermont Roadtrip

Michigan Department of Transportation Interstate 73 Links

Michigan Department of Transportation Interstate 73 Links http://www.mdot.state.mi.us/I-73/links.htm - one of those links lead to the AARoads High Priority Corridor 5 page.

CNN Headline News

Headline News http://headlinenews.cnn.com/ - In the February 4, 2001 edition of CNN's Road Travel, AARoads.com received some publicity for the roadtrips page! The CNN summary read, "If you're hearing the call of the open road, you may want to head to http://www.aaroadtrips.com to start planning your great escape. The site focuses on road aesthetics, from the beauty of signs to the design of interchanges. There are links to information about many of the country's highway systems. You can even find out about the history of some of the routes." This blurb is no longer online as of November 2, 2001.

Las Vegas KVBC Channel 3 Traffic Solutions

Las Vegas KVBC Channel 3 Traffic Solutions http://www.kvbc.com/Global/category.asp?C=8335&nav=15MW182u - This page included many references from AARoads.

Yahoo Picks

"Yahoo! Pick http://picks.yahoo.com/picks/20020127.html#20020127 from January 27, 2002: As Americans travel the great roads and highways of the country, they seldom consider the magnitude of the system that connects one coast to the other. Created by enthusiasts eager to share pictures, stories, and information about our country's highways, the site winds through the desolate roads of Nevada, the numerous freeways of San Diego, and beyond. As you cruise through the site, keep your eyes peeled for the Sign Gallery, an amazing collection of photographs of interstate, U.S., and state highway shields, gantries, and signs from every state. (in Recreation & Sports)"

KYW News Radio 1060 (Philadelphia)

Alex Nitzman was interviewed by Mark Drucker of KYW News Radio 1060 (Philadelphia) February of 2003. The telephone interview regarding the Delaware Highways Page and Philadelphia highway guides on AARoadtrips.com aired during latter May 2003. Topics discussed included the Walt Whitman Bridge, New Jersey Turnpike, and Interstate 95.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

AARoads was featured as part of the Sunday, September 22, 2002, edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch article "'Road geeks' ramp up their hobby on the information superhighway: Hundreds of Internet sites are dedicated to signage, interchanges -- and bloopers -- found on the nation's roadways," by William Lamb.

Los Angeles Times

Perhaps the largest newspaper to feature an article about AARoads was the Los Angeles Times, which featured this piece in its May 14, 2002, "Behind the Wheel" column, which is found weekly each Tuesday.

North County Times

The North County Times has an ongoing series related to road matters in Northern San Diego County called "On the Road" by Dan Weisman. He interviewed Andy three times for articles related to road issues in the Greater San Diego region, especially in the northern part of San Diego County. "For Andy Field, the road goes on forever" was published on September 11, 2001. "The dirt on numbered freeway exits" was published on November 7, 2002

On February 19, 2002, Mr. Weisman ran a third article based on that second interview, "Is Highway 125 the way to go?"

The News Journal (Wilmington, DE)

Alex was also interviewed for an article that ran on January 25, 2000. He was interviewed by Prashant Gopal, and the article ('Geeks' make hobby of highways: Keeping their eyes on the road) appeared in the Delaware News Journal on January 25, 2000.

Riverside Current and the Wellman Advance

Alex was interviewed about the web site and our passion for roads in general as part of an Iowa roadtrip with Scott Onson and Bill Gatchel on December 31, 2014. The story appeared in the Riverside Current and the Wellman Advance on January 15, 2015.

Riverside Current and the Wellman Advance

We contributed a photo along the U.S. 218 / Iowa 27 / Avenue of the Saints Corridor to a story covering new signs in Washington County. The stories were published on April 7, 2016 on the Wellman Advance here and Riverside Current.

Museum of Modern Art

AARoads Photos taken of Interstate 684 were included in a gallery display about the typefaces at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, NY. The exhibit ran from March 2, 2011 to January 30, 2012. The same suite of photos was also included in the exhibition Standard Deviations: Typeface in the Digital Age at the museum from July 1, 2014 through October 1, 2014.

The Mercury (Pottsville, PA)

An AARoads photos of a Dallas North Tollway all electronic toll (AET) gantry was reproduced for the article "Funding issue takes its toll on 422 plan" published by The Mercury on August 31, 2010.

Utah Department of Transportation

An AARoads photo showing a Utah rest area with trucks parked is included on a UDOT Fund Fact Sheet article covering their Small-Area Lighting Improvement Program.

Florence County Museum

An AARoads photo showing Interstate 20 signs is included in a large graphic panel display as part of an exhibit in the Pee Dee History Hall within the Florence County Museum in South Carolina.

Alabama Roadbuilder magazine

The article "Proposed I-10 Bridge - Hopes to Cure Bottleneck in Mobile" includes a photo of Interstate 10 east ahead of the Wallace Tunnel taken by AARoads. This story was published in the Fall 2013 issue of The Alabama Roadbuilder.

Secret Rivers

One of our photos graces the cover of a collection of Marilyn Cavicchia's poems titled Secret Rivers.

511GA.org (GADOT)

Cover photos for a number of GA511 Twitter accounts use photos taken by AARoads. These include:

International Map Trade Association (IMTA)

Alex Nitzman provided the cover art for the exhibitors and schedule book for the September 23-25, 2007 IMTA (Americas) Annual Conference & Trade Show held in Philadelphia, PA.

The Morning Call (Allentown, PA)

Published on June 13, 2014, the article "Interstate signs: Which model do you like?" written by Dan Hartzell, asked the question concerning the use of the state name within Interstate highway shields. Our own Jake Bear was featured for his research as to when Pennsylvania formally dropped the state name from signing practices.

The Point - Independent Radio

A photo of ours taken in South Hero, Vermont appears on The Point's road condition page.

Motherlode - Living the Family Dynamic (NY Times blog)

One of our photos from Interstate 10 helps illustrate a December 17, 2014 blog post about the life of a woman who spends a lot of time on the highways around Picayune, Mississippi.

Wiley Publishers

A photo we took along the New Jersey 18 freeway at Exit 8 (NJ 33) appears in the textbook, Engineering Mechanics: Statics, by Sheri Sheppard, Thalia Anagnos, and Sarah Billington.

Kiplinger

One of our photos covering the West Virginia Turnpike appears on the Kiplinger January 3, 2018 article "10 Strangest Ways States Tax You (And Don't)"

Guilford Gazette

One of our Maryland 200 / Inner County Collector photos was featured on a Guilford Gazette article "Maryland Explores Changing Tolls to Electronic Only" regarding the potential transition of Maryland to end cash toll collection