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Traffic Manual

Description: The Traffic Manual is a guide for department personnel in traffic operations and design. It does not establish absolute standards but establishes uniform guidelines and procedures for the use of traffic control devices.

Revision History / Individual Chapters

  • Date Originally Published: January, 1989
  • Publication Number: M 51-02
  • Last Modified: October, 2009
  • Version: M 51-02.03
  • Manual Managers: Cathy Cooper, Traffic Policy Specialist
  • Originators: Traffic Operations, Engineering and Regional Operations Division
  • # of Pages: 374
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  • Related Publications: Design Manual M 22-01, Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)

Revision History

M 51-02.01 August 2008 (pdf 1.3 MB)

Traffic Manual Individual Chapters

Foreword (pdf 195 KB)
Comments (pdf 144 KB)
Contents (pdf 233 KB)

Chapter 1 General Information (pdf 405 KB) (January 2005)
Chapter 2 Signs (pdf 873 KB) (March 2002)
Chapter 3 Delineation (pdf 338 KB) (July 1993)
Chapter 4 Signals and Illumination (pdf 752 KB) (July 1993)
Chapter 5 Work Zone Traffic Control (pdf 714 KB) (August 1994)
Appendix 5A Work Zone Traffic Control (pdf 1.2 MB) (October 2009)
Appendix 5B Speed Limit Reductions in Work Zones (pdf 2.6 MB) (October 2009)
Chapter 6 Traffic Regulations (pdf 646 KB) (October 2009)
Chapter 7 Special Highway Uses (pdf 1.7 MB) (October 2009)
Chapter 8 Highway Advertising Control (pdf 1.2 MB) (March 2002)
Chapter 9 Safety Management System (pdf 362 KB) (November 1996)



This abstract was last modified October 15, 2009