End of the Sign Age?
A whole set of forces are conspiring against the 'information age'. Visual information in both text and image in the form of flyers, fly-posting and proliferating road and street furniture are all currently challenged. Firstly, mean-spirited Transport For London (TFL) has produced 'cancelled' overstickers to discourage fly-posting of events on its property. Camden Council has served antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) on the record companies who pay for the illegal bill-posting of bands and events, and in south Buckinghamshire, councillor Richard Pushman has written to the Cabinet member for roads to complain about what he sees as the pointless litany of signs that have appeared on the county's roadsides. As reported in the Bucks Free Press, Mr Pushman was particularly incensed by the recent erection of a large sign advertising a local radio station's travel information on a habitually traffic-congested section of road. His protestations have received support from the National Trust and local conservation groups. Meanwhile, plans for London's Exhibition Road propose to do away with street signs, road markings, safety