Introduction to Roadway Signing and Marking Source: Institute of Transportation Engineers, 1974...

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Introduction to Roadway Signing and Marking

Source: Institute of Transportation Engineers, 1974 slide set

Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)

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Five Requirements of Traffic Control Devices

1. Fulfill a need

2. Command attention

3. Convey a message

4. Command respect

5. Allow time for a response

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Regulatory signs: Speed restrictions

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Restricted vehicle movements

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Advance Warning Signs

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TCDs by shape and color

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Old crosswalk sign

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TCDs by color

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Effective sign placement

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Rural areas: 5 feet to bottom of sign

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Urban areas: 7 feet to bottom of sign

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Sign obscured by vegetation

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White lines separate traffic moving in same direction.

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Broken, solid white, and solid yellow lines

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Double solid yellow line

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Delineators

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Object Markers: OM-1

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Object Markers: OM-2

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Object Markers: OM-3

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Signs, markings, and object markers

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Critique these signs.

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Critique this sign on rural road.

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Critiquethis sign.

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Critique these signs.

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Work zone in front of CIVL

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2-waytraffic.Stay on correctside.

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On Stadium Mall at PUSH

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Critique this sign.

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FollowsMUTCD?

CE361 student, 198_?

Critique these roadway markings.

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What does “2-WAY” mean?

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Sign at “4-WAY” stop?

jdf May 2003

Critique these TCDs.

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Duncan Rd. and N. 9th St. “before”

Duncan Rd. and N. 9th St. “after”

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What message does this sign convey?

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What lies ahead on this road?

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Whatlies ahead on thisroad?

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The importance of sign maintenance

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Sign maintenance program

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Sign maintenance program

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Heard enough?

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