The new Traffic Control Devices Handbook, replacing the out-of-print 1983 edition, will be available through the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) in November 2001. The Handbook will augment the 2000 Edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), now being published. The Traffic Control Devices Handbook provides guidance and information to implement the provisions of the MUTCD. The objective of the Handbook is to bridge the gap between the MUTCD requirements and field applications. Additional guidance is provided on the new MUTCD requirements to clarify these Manual provisions. The information is specifically written for smaller jurisdictions, replacing the need for outside technical expertise. The Handbook does not establish policy, procedures, or standards for an agency, or set the "standard-of-care" for decisions on traffic control devices. It is meant as guidance material to assist in determining the appropriate device(s) for a specific condition based on judgment and/or study. The Handbook includes 14 chapters covering the wide variety of traffic control devices available to meet the public needs. There are chapters on low-volume, rural roads as well as residential streets. Separate chapters are provided for signs, markings, traffic signals, railroadñhighway grade crossings and temporary (construction) traffic controls. One chapter addresses installation considerations for traffic control devices. Another discusses the human-factor considerations in the application of traffic control devices. The specific issues of traffic control devices for schools, pedestrians and bicyclists are each addressed in separate chapters.

ISBN: 0-935403-66-3

Publisher: ITE

Pages: 521 pp.

Publishing Date: 01/01