Support for AASHTO Committees and Councils. Support for Review of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) Notice of Proposed Amendments (NPA)

It is expected that the FHWA will soon release an NPA for the next MUTCD. Because of federal requirements, the FHWA cannot specify an exact date or release any information on the content until the NPA is actually released. It is also expected that the review period will be fairly short (3-4 months) though this is also uncertain. The AASHTO Committee on Traffic Engineering (the Committee) has traditionally taken the lead for AASHTO’s review of MUTCD NPAs. This is an important responsibility since changes can have significant safety and financial impacts on DOTs. This review involves hundreds of DOT staff (thousands of hours of time) and numerous web conferences in a very short period of time. The objectives of this effort were to provide administrative and technical support to the Committee in the review of the NPA and to prepare a concise summary of the issues important to state DOTs. The Committee will use the summary to prepare a recommended AASHTO response to the NPA. The due date for the summary will be determined based on the NPA due date, the schedule for action by the Committee, and the schedule for action by AASHTO leadership.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4895
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Project was canceled.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Terminated
• Funding: $50000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 20-123(05)

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Derr, B

• Start Date: 20210929
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20210929

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Amendments; Manuals; State departments of transportation; Traffic control
• Identifier Terms: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01724801
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 20-123(05)
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Dec 10 2019 12:22PM