Comparison between the usual American city parking signs and the redesigned sign in the LADOT Parking Sign Pilot Program (photo by Michael Dorausch, via Flickr; illustration courtesy lamayor.org) Last ...

All ye L.A. Drivers who laboriously read and re-read over-complicated parking signs, only to find a ticket on your dashboard two hours later, rejoice! Our streets are finally getting some new signs.

Like many design projects, this one starts with the simple question "how can we fix this?" Parking regulations in big cities are complex and confusing, and public parking signage can take so long to ...

In trying to alleviate one parking problem in downtown Spokane, the city has created another: confusion. New signs limiting disabled parking to four hours near the Fox, Bing Crosby Theater and ...

WASHINGTON — New parking signs have popped up that are both confusing and incorrect near the recently-opened Giant on Wisconsin Avenue in Northwest D.C. Red “No Parking” signs were posted a block from ...

At today’s press conference unveiling the new and improved parking signs for Midtown, quite a few reporters questioned the actual need for redesigning the street signs. Both Transportation ...

They’re all over town: printed or painted signs in a yard, telling drivers not to park in front of a house. They’re not official signs from the city, threatening legitimate towing or expressing hours ...

WASHINGTON — One of the most common parking signs in the District of Columbia is confusing. So confusing that the city has netted thousands of dollars from drivers unaware they are breaking the rules.

I was embarrassed by the example Gale Holland used to show how confusing parking signs can be. Have we lost our ability to read and make simple deductions? Let me explain those signs in Hollywood.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- You see the signs all over the city. No standing or no parking and at the bottom, the authority of the Department of Transportation written in bright orange. But the DOT doesn't put ...

Chicago (CBS) – Joseph Walawski opened a mattress shop in the 5700 block of busy West Fullerton Avenue three years ago. "I enjoy selling mattresses," he said. But it's been a struggle. Walawski has ...