'YOLO' message on road construction sign in Ann Arbor is short-lived

Posted on Wed, Jul 11, 2012 : 1:20 p.m.

'YOLO' message on road construction sign in Ann Arbor is short-lived

By Ryan J. Stanton

YOLO lived once, but its short time on a digital message board along East Stadium Boulevard in Ann Arbor has come to an end.

"YOLO," read the digital message board along East Stadium Boulevard near Tappan Middle School.

Jeffrey Smith | AnnArbor.com

Ann Arbor officials say they've resolved the case of the curious road construction sign on East Stadium near Tappan Middle School, which was reprogrammed over the past weekend to boldly feature the acronym "YOLO," standing for "You Only Live Once."

The sign was supposed to warn motorists of road construction, including lane closures, ahead on Stadium Boulevard. City officials received reports on Sunday afternoon that it had been reprogrammed to simply read: "YOLO."

"We turned off the sign on Monday, and on Tuesday the contractor corrected the message and turned it on again," said Homayoon Pirooz, head of the city's project management unit.

"It should be on and working now," he said on Wednesday afternoon.

East Stadium is expected to be resurfaced and reopened by the end of October. The nearby Stadium bridges are scheduled to reopen to traffic on Nov. 14.

YOLO, dubbed "the newest acronym you'll love to hate" by the Washington Post, also was spray-painted recently on the side of a local resident's home.

Ryan J. Stanton covers government and politics for AnnArbor.com. Reach him at ryanstanton@annarbor.com or 734-623-2529. You also can follow him on Twitter or subscribe to AnnArbor.com's email newsletters.

Comments

Madeleine Borthwick

Thu, Jul 12, 2012 : 2:08 p.m.

maybe our "garmentless geriatric" changed it. yuk-yuk-yuk!!!

unclemercy

Thu, Jul 12, 2012 : 1:14 p.m.

YOWHAT

Macabre Sunset

Wed, Jul 11, 2012 : 8:15 p.m.

That's nice, but what about the prankster who keeps drawing bike lanes all over the city and reducing the number of lanes for automobiles? I heard he might strike again on Jackson soon.

AySquared

Wed, Jul 11, 2012 : 6:44 p.m.

How were they even able to change what was written?

Jim Deakins

Wed, Jul 11, 2012 : 7:07 p.m.

i wonder. Lets check the intarwebz: http://bit.ly/NhBDbB

Billy

Wed, Jul 11, 2012 : 6:18 p.m.

So uh yeah.....TWO news articles about this? That sure won't encourage the kids to try again....no not at all. This second article here.....this is effectively "feedings the trolls."

smokeblwr

Wed, Jul 11, 2012 : 5:55 p.m.

Now I'm depressed. I can't wait for the next YOLOing.

Hmm

Wed, Jul 11, 2012 : 5:42 p.m.

I want to eat a Rollo when I'm reading about Yolo. So if anyone out there can put out a BOLO for my favorite choco I would really appreciate it.

kraiford12

Wed, Jul 11, 2012 : 6:30 p.m.

lul

StopCrying

Wed, Jul 11, 2012 : 5:39 p.m.

sweet.