The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) is the government’s massive document that controls the application of regulatory devices like stop signs, crosswalk markings, and traffic lights. The MUTCD, last updated in 2009, is the current subject of a proposed federal rule by the FHWA. The sweeping revisions suggested by […]
16 Blog Posts From the MUTCD Tag
The Push to Curtail Driving
May 7, 2021
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85TH PERCENTILE, Bicycle, Bicyclist, FHWA, Fuel, MUTCD, NMSL, PEDESTRIAN, SAFETY, Speed Limits, stop signs, Traffic Signals, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO
More Hands on Deck: NMA E-Newsletter #641
April 26, 2021
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Bicyclist, FHWA, MUTCD, NMA, PEDESTRIAN, road safety, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, stop signs, Traffic Signals
Member response to the NMA’s April 13th email alert and last week’s newsletter, All Hands on Deck, #640, has been tremendous. This grassroots campaign is focused on convincing the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) that key components of its planned update to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) will make the roads less, not […]
Drive 55 Everywhere . . . Or Less
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April 23, 2021
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85TH PERCENTILE, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Eric Peters, FHWA, INSURANCE, Insurance Companies, MUTCD, NMA, NMSL, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, Speed Limits, Technology, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, traffic safety, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO
Speed limits are about to become limitless as in, whatever those who set them say they are. This has always been true, to an extent in that all speed limits are, to a degree, arbitrary. People are subject to a ticket, i.e., being extorted by armed government workers, acting on behalf of the government simply […]
All Hands on Deck: NMA E-Newsletter #640
In Equity and Sustainability, NMA E-Newsletter #637, we noted the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) introduction of a proposed federal rule that would constitute the first major revision of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) since 2009. Major is putting it lightly, and lightly is not how we can afford to treat it. The […]
Equity and Sustainability: NMA E-Newsletter #637
March 29, 2021
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85TH PERCENTILE, Bicycle, Bicyclist, Complete Streets, FHWA, Infrastructure, Mass Transit, MUTCD, NACTO, Parking, PEDESTRIAN, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Congestion, Traffic Tickets
Those are the buzzwords used frequently by city transportation officials as they seek to achieve “complete streets” nirvana. Before we attempt to define the overused terms, it is essential to know why they are more in vogue now in transportation and urban planning circles than ever before. In December, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) proposed […]
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