Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways

The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), 2003 Edition, contains standards for the installation and maintenance of traffic control devices that regulate, warn, and guide road users along all streets and highways across the nation. This new edition represents major revisions in development since 2000, including: Interim approval process for new traffic control devices and applications; New chapter on temporary traffic control for traffic incident management that includes new color scheme for incident management signs; New section on pedestrian countdown signals and “animated eyes”; New considerations for pedestrians and workers in temporary traffic control zones, including consideration for pedestrians with disabilities; New provision for in-street pedestrian signs; New recommendations for increased letter height on street name signs; New use of yield markings at un-signalized mid-block pedestrian crosswalks; and New provisions for high visibility clothing for workers and flaggers.
Content:
Front Matter
• Introduction
• Table of Contents
•Part I. General
1A. General
•Part II. Signs
2A. General
2B. Regulatory Signs
2C. Warning Signs
2D. Guide Signs - Conventional Roads
2E. Guide Signs - Freeways and Expressways
2F. Specific Service Signs
2G. Tourist-Oriented Directional Signs
2H. Recreational and Cultural Interest Area Signs
2I. Emergency Management Signing
•Part III. Markings
3A. General
3B. Pavement and Curb Markings
3C. Object Markers
3D. Delineators
3E. Colored Pavements
3F. Barricades and Channelizing Devices
3G. Islands
•Part IV. Highway Traffic Signals
4A. General
4B. Traffic Control Signals - General
4C. Traffic Control Signal Needs Studies
4D. Traffic Control Signal Features
4E. Pedestrian Control Features
4F. Traffic Control Signals for Emergency Vehicle Access
4G. Traffic Control Signals for One-Lane, Two-Way Facilities
4H. Traffic Control Signals for Freeway Entrance Ramps
4I. Traffic Control for Movable Bridges
4J. Lane-Use Control Signals
4K. Flashing Beacons
4L. In-Roadway Lights
•Part V. Traffic Control Devices for Low-Volume Roads
5A. General
5B. Regulatory Signs
5C. Warning Signs
5D. Guide Signs
5E. Markings
5F. Traffic Control for Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
5G. Temporary Traffic Control Zones
•Part VI. Temporary Traffic Control
6A. General
6B. Fundamental Principles
6C. Temporary Traffic Control Elements
6D. Pedestrian and Worker Safety
6E. Flagger Control
6F. Temporary Traffic Control Zone Devices
6G. Type of Temporary Traffic Control Zone Activities
6H. Typical Applications
6I. Control of Traffic through Traffic Incident Management Areas
•Part VII. Traffic Controls for School Areas
7A. General
7B. Signs
7C. Markings
7D. Signals
7E. Crossing Supervision
7F. Grade-Separated Crossings
•Part VIII. Traffic Controls for Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
8A. General
8B. Signs and Marking
8C. Illumination
8D. Flashing-Light Signals, Gates, and Traffic Control Signals
•Part IX. Traffic Controls for Bicycle Facilities
9A. General
9B. Signs
9C. Markings
9D. Signals
•Part X. Traffic Controls for Highway-Light Rail Transit Grade Crossings
10A. General
10B. Highway-Light Rail Transit Grade Crossing Control Systems
10C. Signs, Illumination, and Markings
10D. Highway-Light Rail Transit Active Traffic Control Grade Crossing Systems
• Appendix A1. Congressional Legislation