No.

I recently noticed on my local canal the mile markers show how many miles you are from the place youre traveling from.

This is the Leeds Liverpool canal. So as you travel to Leeds it says Liverpool with increasing miles.

From the pov of the Liverpool side of the sign being the Liverpool side this makes sense, and on a barge it's easy to look back to see how many miles to Leeds. But to modern eyes it's completely backwards.

Even traffic signs are 'intuitive'!