Curbside Haiku

Date
1 December 2011

We think that John Morse’s haiku street signs for the New York City Department of Transportation are sort of great, what with their universal road sign language and acerbic (if not mildly irreverent) humour. From the office of the DOT Commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan – a figure of some contention in NY – these signs have been created for purely educational purposes and have spawned some wry debate with many hijacked haiku interpretations of the DOT’s motives for such a project.

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Bryony Quinn

Bryony was It’s Nice That’s first ever intern and worked her way up to assistant online editor before moving on to pursue other interests in the summer of 2012.

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