This could be resolved with a sign that might cost $500 (complete guess) to install
There's no non-offensive way to say this, so I'll just say it: if you're just randomly guessing anyway, why not pull a different number out of your head? Why not $50, or $5000?
and there are no complex constraints in the way of installing a sign.
That you know of, and given your guess of how much it costs to install a sign, I'm guessing there's lots about building out civic infrastructure that you don't know about.
And I don't either! We have a big road nearby that's a nightmare to cross. There's some limply blinking signs that drivers mostly ignore, and I'd love to have the city put in something better - humps, actual stop lights, etc - but there are measures in place to stop that from just happening over a weekend.
do you know any better, or are you talking out your ass just as much as you're accusing the parent of?
i have worked for a municipal government, and part of my job was installing signs in bike lanes. $500 is a pretty spot-on estimate. a sign is $50-$100 per unit at the size you'd install in a bike lane, paying the sign company to do the design and setup was about $200 (less if it's in MUTCD), paying two people (city work needs two people to do anything) to drive out and install it would be about another $100. add another $50 or so if you need to install a new break-off post. we did this multiple times in response to citizen requests, without any red tape beyond the approval of my boss who was the lowest possible level of boss in the municipal government.
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There's no non-offensive way to say this, so I'll just say it: if you're just randomly guessing anyway, why not pull a different number out of your head? Why not $50, or $5000?
That you know of, and given your guess of how much it costs to install a sign, I'm guessing there's lots about building out civic infrastructure that you don't know about.
And I don't either! We have a big road nearby that's a nightmare to cross. There's some limply blinking signs that drivers mostly ignore, and I'd love to have the city put in something better - humps, actual stop lights, etc - but there are measures in place to stop that from just happening over a weekend.
do you know any better, or are you talking out your ass just as much as you're accusing the parent of?
i have worked for a municipal government, and part of my job was installing signs in bike lanes. $500 is a pretty spot-on estimate. a sign is $50-$100 per unit at the size you'd install in a bike lane, paying the sign company to do the design and setup was about $200 (less if it's in MUTCD), paying two people (city work needs two people to do anything) to drive out and install it would be about another $100. add another $50 or so if you need to install a new break-off post. we did this multiple times in response to citizen requests, without any red tape beyond the approval of my boss who was the lowest possible level of boss in the municipal government.