Transcript MUTCD Millennium Edition Outreach Session

2003
MUTCD
Chapter
2B
Regulatory
Signs
2B.02 Design of Regulatory
Signs
Changeable Message Signs can be
used to display regulatory
messages.
2B.03 Size of Regulatory
Signs
Remove SUPPORT statement
referencing SHS as is already in
Section 2A.12
New signs added to Table 2B-1, such as
R1-5 Yield Here to Pedestrians
R1-5
450mm x 450mm
18” x 18”
10 years compliance date
2B.03 Size of Regulatory
Signs
 Increase in size of some signs
18”x24” to 24”x30”
24”x18” to 30”x24”
*Older Driver Handbook Recommendation
*Compliance date is 10 years from date of the
Final Rule for the 2003 MUTCD.
STOP and YIELD Sign
Placement Section 2B.06
and 2B.10)
Editorial change: “The STOP or YIELD
signs shall be installed on the right side
of the traffic lane to which it applies.”
NOTE: The word “right” replaces the
word “correct.”
2B.06 & 2B.10 STOP and
YIELD Sign Placement
 Other than a Do Not
Enter sign, no other
sign should be
mounted on the
back of a STOP or
YIELD sign
 Preserve distinctive
shapes of STOP
and YIELD
2B.09 Yield Sign
 Option to Use Yield Sign instead of Stop
Sign if Conditions Warrant
2B.09 and 2B.10 YIELD Sign
Application
STANDARD: YIELD sign required to
assign right-of-way at the entrance to a
roundabout.
2B.10 YIELD Sign Placement
At Roundabout Intersections:
 STANDARD: YIELD sign shall be
installed on both the left and right sides
of roundabout approaches having > one
lane.
 GUIDANCE: YIELD sign face should not
be visible from the circulating roadway.
2B.11 Yield Here to
Pedestrian Signs
*10 Year Compliance Period
2B.12 In-Street Pedestrian
Crossing Signs
 New sign with positive
safety results
 Shall not be used at
traffic signalized
crosswalks
 Mounting height in
2A.18 is not applicable
2B.13 Metric Speed Limit
Sign Design
 a new unique design. The sign will have a
black circle around the speed value with a
“km/h” legend below.
2B.13 Speed Limit Sign
 New GUIDANCE: At least once every
5 years, States and local agencies should
reevaluate non-statutory speed limits on
segments of their roadways that have
undergone a significant change in
roadway characteristics or surrounding
land use since the last review.
2B.13 Speed Limit Sign
GUIDANCE: Posted speed limit should
be within 5 mph (10 km/h) of the 85thpercentile speed of free-flowing traffic.
2B.15 Night Speed
Limit (Metric)
Changeable Message Speed
Limit Signs (Section 2B.13)
 OPTION: may be used to display
the speed at which the driver is
traveling.
 GUIDANCE: if used, the legend
to show the approach speed is
“YOUR SPEED XX KM/H (MPH)”.
The color for the speed value
should be yellow on black or the
*Compliance
reverse.
Date is 10 years
from date of
Final Rule
2B.16 Minimum Speed Limit
Sign
Design of Metric Speed Limit is with
BLACK Circle
2B.17 FINES HIGHER Plaque
 New Plaque for use with Special
Enforcement Zones – Schools, Work
Zones, Safety Zones
Reduced Speed Ahead
Signs
Move Reduced Speed Ahead Signs from
Regulatory series (R2-5) to Warning Sign
series (W 3-5)
 15 year compliance period
2B.19 Turn Prohibition Sign
 New Combination
Turn Prohibition
Symbol Sign
2B.21 Mandatory Movement
Lane Control Signs
Revise GUIDANCE
statement that the
lane control
pavement markings
mentioned are
actually called laneuse arrow markings.
2B.23 Reversible Lane
Control Signs
Delete the R3-9c and R3-9e signs and all
of their references in the section.
*10 year compliance period
2B.26 Preferential Only Lane
Signs
 Revise R3-10
through R3-15
sign designs
 Revise
Sections 2B.27
& 2B.28 HOV
Signing
*Compliance date
is 10 years from
date of Final Rule
2B.26 Inherently Low Emission Vehicle (ILEV)
signs (R3-10b)
2B.27 Preferential Only Lanes for High
Occupancy Vehicles (HOV)
 Require that the minimum # of occupants in a vehicle
using HOV lanes shall be in effect for certain times.
 A federal review is required prior to in initiating a
proposal project operation of HOV lanes.
 Allows motorcycles to use HOV lanes that receive
Federal-aid program finding.
 Add to support the ability to implement value pricing
approach for reducing congestion.
2B.27 HOV Inherently Low
Emission Vehicles
Change discussion about ILEV’s
using HOV lanes from STANDARD to
OPTION.
 The U.S EPA is the only entity with
authority to certify ILEVs
2B.28 Preferential Only
Lane Sign applications
and Placement
Figs. 2E-44 through 2E.48 show application and
placement examples of HOV signing.
2B.33 Keep Right and Keep
Left Signs
Add OPTION describing when these
signs may be used.
Add GUIDANCE – describing
placement location for these signs
2B.34 DO NOT ENTER Sign
If used, the DO NOT
ENTER sign should
be placed directly in
view of the road user
at the point where a
road user could
wrongly enter a
divided highway, oneway roadway, or
ramp.
2B.36 Selective Exclusion
Signs
New Sign Name:
Hazardous
Material
(HM)
* 10 year compliance date
2B.37 ONE WAY Signs
Add Standard statement:
ONE WAY signs shall be placed parallel
to the one-way street at all alleys and
roadways that intersect one-way
roadways (see Figures 2B-12 through
2B-15.)
* Compliance date of January 17, 2008 for
placement requirement at intersecting alleys
2B.37 ONE WAY Signs
Relocate 4 figures from Section 2A.16 to
Section 2B.32:
Figure 2A-5 and 2A-6 -> Figure 2B-12
Figure 2A-4 -> Figure 2B-13
Figure 2A-4 -> Figure 2B-14
Add New Figure 2B-15
2B.37 ONE WAY Signs
2B.40 Snow Emergency
Signs
GUIDANCE: Should be installed where
special parking restrictions are
imposed during heavy snowfall.
2B.40 Van Accessible Plaque
Included in 1988 edition of MUTCD, but left out of
2000 MUTCD
R7-8a plaque is
used with guide sign
to direct users to
Accessible parking
space
R7-8b plaque is
used with R7-8
Reserved Parking
Sign
2B.44 Pedestrian Crossing
Signs
Change name of
“Pedestrians
Prohibited” sign to “NO
PEDESTRIAN
CROSSING”
2B.45 Traffic Signal Signs
 Add new
sign
designs for
pedestrian
push button
signs
2B.45 NO TURN ON RED
Sign
2003 MUTCD
2000 MUTCD
 NEW Design of R10-11. Revised to put “Red
Ball” at bottom of sign.
2B.45 Turning Traffic Yield
to Pedestrians
 R10-15 sign “may”
instead of “should” be
used.
 WHEN
PEDESTRIANS ARE
PRESENT plaque not
adopted based on
research that found this
sign ineffective.
2B.45 NO TURN ON RED
Supplemental Plaques
These are preferred:
Instead of “WHEN PEDESTRIANS ARE
PRESENT” sign
2B.45 Traffic Signal Signs
 Add GUIDANCE
for this sign to be
installed adjacent to
the signal.
2B.45 Traffic Signal Signs
 R10-14 sign not
adopted
 new R10-16 sign
is OPTION
Preferential Lane Signs
(Section 2B.48)
GUIDANCE: Light Rail Transit is
included in the list of preferential lane
signs that should not use the HOV
diamond symbol.
Changeable Message HOV
Signs
(Section 2B.48)
STANDARD: Shall be the same size as
the standard dimensions prescribed in
the MUTCD and the Standard
Highway Signs Book based on type of
facility and design speed.
High Occupancy Vehicle
(HOV) Lanes (Section 2B.49)
Motorcycles can use HOV lanes
that receive Federal-aid program
funding
High Occupancy Vehicle
(HOV) Lanes (Section 2B.49)
Other Regulatory Signs
(Section 2B.54)
The diagram of the Seat Belt
Symbol sign is in new Figure 2B22.
2B.46 Photo Enforced Signs
 new option PHOTO ENFORCED signs
*10 Year Compliance Period