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[![Vital Signs: For planners and local officials who draft, debate and enforce sign ordinances](https://newsroom.signs.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Vital%20Signs/020117_VitalSignsHeaderBlog_2017V2O-01.jpg?width=1080&name=020117_VitalSignsHeaderBlog_2017V2O-01.jpg "Vital Signs: For planners and local officials who draft, debate and enforce sign ordinances")](http://www.signs.org/planners)

November 6, 2017

# [U.S. Supreme Court and FHWA](https://newsroom.signs.org/vitalsigns/fhwa)

[![](https://newsroom.signs.org/hubfs/Vital%20Signs/VVC.15.jpg)](https://newsroom.signs.org/vitalsigns/fhwa)

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case from Scenic America regarding the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) 2007 [guidance memo](https://oaaa.org/Portals/0/Public%20PDFs/FHWA_GuidanceMemo9.17.pdf) regarding digital billboards.

The FHWA had...

[more](https://newsroom.signs.org/vitalsigns/fhwa)

August 14, 2017

# [America's First 'Smart City'](https://newsroom.signs.org/vitalsigns/americas-first-smart-city)

[![](https://newsroom.signs.org/hubfs/Vital%20Signs/081017_Ohio.jpg)](https://newsroom.signs.org/vitalsigns/americas-first-smart-city)

The future of urban planning is apparently in [Columbus, Ohio](http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/07/10/columbus-under-construction-to-become-americas-first-smart-city.html), which is planning to become America’s first “smart city.”

Planners and developers in the Buckeye State capital are kicking off this...

[more](https://newsroom.signs.org/vitalsigns/americas-first-smart-city)

[![ISA Planning for Sign Code SuccessTM](https://newsroom.signs.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Vital%20Signs/ISA_PSCS_color.jpg?width=320&name=ISA_PSCS_color.jpg "ISA Planning for Sign Code SuccessTM")](https://pages.signs.org/are-you-planning-for-sign-code-success)

[![David Hickey, VP Advocacy](https://newsroom.signs.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Vital%20Signs/David_Circle_250.png?width=125&name=David_Circle_250.png "David Hickey, VP Advocacy")](http://mailto:%20david.hickey@signs.org)

David Hickey  
VP, Advocacy  
[david.hickey@signs.org](mailto:david.hickey@signs.org)

[![James Carpentier, AICP](https://newsroom.signs.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Vital%20Signs/James_Circle_250.png?width=125&name=James_Circle_250.png "James Carpentier, AICP")](http://mailto:james.carpentier@signs.org)

James Carpentier, AICP  
Director, State & Local Goverment  
[james.carpentier@signs.org](mailto:james.carpentier@signs.org)

[![Kenny Peskin](https://newsroom.signs.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Vital%20Signs/Kenny_Circle_250.png?width=125&name=Kenny_Circle_250.png "Kenny Peskin")](http://mailto:kenny.peskin@signs.org)

Kenny Peskin  
Director, Industry Programs  
[mailto:kenny.peskin@signs.org](mailto:kenny.peskin@signs.org)kenny.peskin@signs.org | [@signcodeguy](https://twitter.com/signcodeguy?lang=en)

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