By Institute of Transportation Engineers
The handbook on Uniform site visitors keep watch over units (MUTCD), 2003 version, includes criteria for the deploy and upkeep of site visitors keep an eye on units that keep watch over, warn, and consultant street clients alongside all streets and highways around the state. This new version represents significant revisions in improvement due to the fact 2000, together with: meantime approval strategy for brand new site visitors keep watch over units and purposes; New bankruptcy on transitority site visitors regulate for site visitors incident administration that comes with new colour scheme for incident administration indicators; New part on pedestrian countdown indications and “animated eyes”; New concerns for pedestrians and staff in transitority site visitors keep watch over zones, together with attention for pedestrians with disabilities; New provision for in-street pedestrian symptoms; New techniques for elevated letter top on highway identify indicators; New use of yield markings at un-signalized mid-block pedestrian crosswalks; and New provisions for prime visibility garments for employees and flaggers.
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Support: An interpretation includes a consideration of the application and operation of standard traffic control devices, official meanings of standard traffic control devices, or the variations from standard device designs. Guidance: Requests for an interpretation of this Manual should contain the following information: A. A concise statement of the interpretation being sought; B. A description of the condition that provoked the need for an interpretation; C. Any illustration that would be helpful to understand the request; and D.
Sect. 14 2003 Edition Page 1A-15 Table 1A-1. Acceptable Abbreviations Word Message Afternoon / Evening Alternate Avenue Bicycle Boulevard Cannot CB Radio Center Circle Civil Defense Compressed Natural Gas Court Crossing (other than highway-rail) Diesel Fuel Do Not Drive East Eastbound Electric Vehicle Emergency Entrance, Enter Expressway Feet FM Radio Freeway Friday Hazardous Material High Occupancy Vehicle Highway Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Pavement Marking Hospital Hour(s) Information Inherently Low Emission Vehicle It Is Junction / Intersection Kilogram Kilometer(s) Kilometers Per Hour Lane Left Liquid Propane Gas Standard Abbreviation PM ALT AVE, AV BIKE BLVD CANT CB CNTR CIR CD CNG CT XING D DONT DR E E-BND EV EMER ENT EXPWY FT FM FRWY, FWY FRI HAZMAT HOV HWY RXR H HR INFO ILEV ITS JCT kg km km/h LN LFT LP-GAS Word Message Maintenance Meter(s) Metric Ton Mile(s) Miles Per Hour Minute(s) Monday Morning / Late Night Normal North Northbound Parking Parkway Pedestrian Place Pounds Right Road Saturday Service Shoulder Slippery South Southbound Speed Street Sunday Telephone Temporary Terrace Thursday Tires With Lugs Tons of Weight Traffic Trail Travelers Tuesday Two-Way Intersection Two-Wheeled Vehicles US Numbered Route Vehicle(s) Warning Wednesday West Westbound Will Not Standard Abbreviation MAINT m t MI MPH MIN MON AM NORM N N-BND PKING PKWY PED PL LBS RHT RD SAT SERV SHLDR SLIP S S-BND SPD ST SUN PHONE TEMP TER THURS LUGS T TRAF TR TRAVLRS TUES 2-WAY CYCLES US VEH WARN WED W W-BND WONT Sect.
25. Engineering Judgment—the evaluation of available pertinent information, and the application of appropriate principles, Standards, Guidance, and practices as contained in this Manual and other sources, for the purpose of deciding upon the applicability, design, operation, or installation of a traffic control device. Engineering judgment shall be exercised by an engineer, or by an individual working under the supervision of an engineer, through the application of procedures and criteria established by the engineer.