NATIONAL UNIFORMITY IN SIGNING: HOW FAR HAVE WE COME AND HOW FAR DO WE HAVE TO GO?

Session 15 at the ITE 2001 Spring Conference is entitled "Signs of the Times." It is designed to provide information about non-standard signing and what traffic engineers can learn from the non-standard signing currently seen from time to time along the roadway system. This paper presents observations about national uniformity in signing, what progress has been made towards achieving national uniformity, the reasons that non-standard signing can still be found along the roadway system and what can be learned. Uniformity in the design, placement and specification of traffic control devices is a desirable goal that promotes highway safety. Tremendous progress has been made during the past 74 years, yet, "non-standard," non-uniform signs are still being found. The Federal Highway Administration has developed the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) to aid in the development of standard uniform signs through the country.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Full conference proceedings available on CD-ROM, ISBN 0935403604.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Upchurch, J
• Conference:
  • Improving Transportation Systems Safety and Performance. 2001 Spring Conference and Exhibit
  • Location: Monterey, California
  • Date: 2001-3-25 to 2001-3-28
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 8p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Sign supports; Signs; Standards; Traffic control devices; Traffic signs; Warning signs
• Identifier Terms: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00812105
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 16 2001 12:00AM