OUTFRONT has deployed 250 smart digital screens in Boston’s transit system. The MBTA is thrilled by the $100 million in revenue generated from the screens. Boston Magazine writes there’s a backlash against the screens by the Massachusetts Preservation Alliance and Friends of the Public Garden who say that screens […]
By Kerry Yoakum, Vice President of Government Affairs, OAAA On February 1, FHWA informed New York State DOT that it would withhold $14 million as penalty for the State’s installation of illegal on-road signs that promote New York State. Kerry Yoakum, an attorney and former state regulator at Ohio […]
President Trump’s infrastructure plan calls for a shift from federal control and funding to states and localities. The 53-page plan released by The White House February 12 did not specifically target the Bonus Program. However, on Page 23, the plan encouraged states to repay federal highway funds for the […]
New research on driver behavior says drowsiness is a bigger problem than previously revealed in government estimates. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety issued a report February 8 based on dash-cam video from 700+ crashes. Detecting drowsiness after crashes is difficult and under-reported, the auto club said. Federal estimates […]
TCTimes reports that Outfront Media is seeking to convert a billboard in Fenton Township, Michigan to digital. The board is located on US 23 at Thompson Road. This would be the only one of Outfront’s six billboards in Fenton Township which can be converted to digital. The other boards are […]
A federal court ruling that invalidated Tennessee’s billboard law – If allowed to stand – could jeopardize billboard regulations nationwide, said a legal brief filed by the out of home advertising industry. In 2017, US District Court Judge Jon P. McCalla struck Tennessee’s billboard law as unconstitutional, citing a 2015 […]
The Gainesville Times is reporting that after three years of negotiations, the City has reached a compromise to allow digital billboards. Fairway Outdoor has the majority of the 70 or so billboards and had submitted 15 applications to convert existing static boards to digital. All the applications were denied by […]
Herald-citizen reports the the Monterey, Tennessee Board of Aldermen has rejected a change to the town’s commercial zoning to all the construction of a billboard on city property on Commercial Avenue. The property is owned by the town’s police department. Billboard developer Greg Jackson proposed to pay the town $1,000/year […]
The New Haven Register reports two New Haven aldermen are opposing a digital billboard which has been legally erected at 1057 Whalley Avenue and Emerson Street. the 10 by 23 foot digital billboard has been erected legally by Advertex, a company owned by Alex Churilov. Alderman Richard Furlow, D-27, […]
WTVA reports that the Indianapolis Department of Business and Neighborhood services has removed 52 bus benches with advertising following complaints and a TV report that the benches had been installed without a permit and were attracting garbage. Fairway Outdoor has a contract with Indygo for legal bus shelter advertising. The […]
