To add the directional suffix on the end of a numbered street on the south side of the city is not a drastic change, and indeed it is done routinely by several other jurisdictions as you get further away from Tulsa itself. I have less argument with that than the other changes:
- Adding the suffix on roads that have a name instead of a number.
- Changing “East Avenue” or “West Avenue” to “Avenue East” or “Avenue West.”
I believe you would have a much harder time finding a street sign that has either of those two things done, although I think some very small minority of probably are done that way.