Developing Supplemental Urban Guidelines for New Brunswick's Work Area Traffic Control Manual

This paper presents the findings of a 2012 study to develop new temporary traffic control guidelines for work on urban streets within New Brunswick municipalities. The study was completed by Opus International Consultants (Canada) Ltd. for a joint Steering Committee representing the municipalities of Fredericton, Moncton, Miramichi, and Rothesay. The new urban traffic control guide is intended to be a supplemental chapter to the provincial Work Area Traffic Control Manual (WATCM), which was released in 2009. The WATCM contains temporary traffic control guidelines exclusively for work on the provincial road network, which is primarily made up of more rural and higher speed facilities. The new document provides specific guidance for implementing temporary traffic control on urban streets with posted speed limits of 50 and 60km/h. It also includes 31 typical layouts developed based on the Transportation Association of Canada's (TAC's) Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada (MUTCDC), New Brunswick's WATCM, and manuals from other North American jurisdictions. Finally, the study identified several gaps in the MUTCDC, as well as inconsistencies with guides from other jurisdictions, which TAC may wish to address in future versions of the MUTCDC. It is envisioned that the new guide will result in a greater level of consistency for temporary traffic control amongst New Brunswick urban municipalities. Furthermore, it will ensure that consistent practices are implemented on both the provincial and municipal road networks. For the covering abstract of this conference see ITRD record number 201310RT334E.

• Record URL:
  http://www.tac-atc.ca/english/annualconference/tac2013/session11/robichaud.pdf
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

  401-1111 Prince of Wales Drive
  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada 
• Authors:
  • Robichaud, K
  • CHARTERS, D
• Conference:
  • 2013 CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION OF THE TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION OF CANADA - TRANSPORTATION: BETTER - FASTER - SAFER
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 17 p.
• Monograph Title: 2013 Conference and Exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada - Transportation: Better - Faster - Safer

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Construction sites; Cyclists; Pedestrians; Safety; Specifications; Traffic control; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Temporary
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 8525: Conference; 3628: Construction site; 1742: Cyclist; 1733: Pedestrian; 1665: Safety; 177: Specifications; 9077: Temporary; 654: Traffic control; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01517975
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD, TAC
• Created Date: Mar 11 2014 10:57AM