MUTCD Millennium Edition Outreach Session

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MUTCD Part 7 Traffic Control for School Areas
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New Table 7B-1
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New Figure 7B-1
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Figure 7A-1 Typical School Route Plan Map
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New to the MUTCD

• Section
• school reduced speed ahead assembly 7B.12
• optional installation when engineering judgment
  indicates advance notice would be appropriate

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New Options

• Use of color fluorescent yellow-green for school
  warning signs
• Installation assembly for school reduced speed
  ahead

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New Guidance
(Thanks to City of Gainesville website)
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Change to Standard

• From Guidance to Standard
• traffic control devices (warning and regulatory)
  used in the school traffic control plan SHALL be
  related to the volume and speed of traffic,
  street width, the number, and the age of children
  using the crossing

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S1-1 w/Diagonal Arrow
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Ahead (W16-9p) or XX feet plaque (W16-2 or
W16-2a)
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Questions?