1、276 23 CFR Ch. I (4111 Edition) 652.13 and the metropolitan planning organi-zation. 652.13 Design and construction cri-teria. (a) The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Of-ficials Guide for Development of New Bicycle Facilities, 1981 (AASHTO Guide) or equivalent guides develope
2、d in cooperation with State or local offi-cials and acceptable to the division of-fice of the FHWA, shall be used as standards for the construction and de-sign of bicycle routes. Copies of the AASHTO Guide may be obtained from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 4
3、44 North Capitol Street, NW., Suite 225, Washington, DC 20001. (b) Curb cuts and other provisions as may be appropriate for the handi-capped are required on all Federal and Federal-aid projects involving the pro-vision of curbs or sidewalks at all pe-destrian crosswalks. PART 655TRAFFIC OPERATIONS S
4、ubparts AE Reserved Subpart FTraffic Control Devices on Fed-eral-Aid and Other Streets and High-ways Sec. 655.601 Purpose. 655.602 Definitions. 655.603 Standards. 655.604 Achieving basic uniformity. 655.605 Project procedures. 655.606 Higher cost materials. 655.607 Funding. APPENDIX TO SUBPART F OF
5、PART 655ALTER-NATE METHOD OF DETERMINING THE COLOR OF RETROREFLECTIVE SIGN MATERIALS AND PAVEMENT MARKING MATERIALS Subpart G Reserved AUTHORITY: 23 U.S.C. 101(a), 104, 109(d), 114(a), 217, 315, and 402(a); 23 CFR 1.32; and 49 CFR 1.48(b). Subparts AE Reserved Subpart FTraffic Control Devices on Fed
6、eral-Aid and Other Streets and Highways SOURCE: 48 FR 46776, Oct. 14, 1983, unless otherwise noted. 655.601 Purpose. To prescribe the policies and proce-dures of the Federal Highway Adminis-tration (FHWA) to obtain basic uni-formity of traffic control devices on all streets and highways in accordanc
7、e with the following references that are approved by the FHWA for application on Federal-aid projects: (a) Manual on Uniform Traffic Con-trol Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD), 2009 Edition, FHWA, dated November 4, 2009. This publication is incorporated by reference in accord-ance with 5 U.S.
8、C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51 and is on file at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the avail-ability of this material at NARA call (202) 7416030, or go to http:/ www.archives.gov/Federallregister/ codeloflFederallregulations/ ibrllocations.html. It is available
9、 for in-spection and copying at the Federal Highway Administration, 1200 New Jer-sey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, telephone 2023661993, as provided in 49 CFR part 7. The text is also available from the FHWA Office of Operations Web site at: http/mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov. (b) Guide to Metric Conversi
10、on, AASHTO, 1993. This publication is in-corporated by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51 and is on file at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202741 6030, or go to: http:/www.archive
11、s.gov/ federallregister/ codeloflfederallregulations/ ibrllocations.html. This document is available for inspection as provided in 49 CFR part 7. It may be purchased from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Of-ficials, Suite 249, 444 North Capitol Street, NW., Washington, DC
12、 20001. (c) Traffic Engineering Metric Con-version Factors, 1993Addendum to the Guide to Metric Conversion, VerDate Mar2010 09:39 May 11, 2011 Jkt 223076 PO 00000 Frm 00286 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:SGML223076.XXX 223076wwoods2 on DSK1DXX6B1PROD with CFRProvided by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction or net
13、working permitted without license from IHS-,-,-277 Federal Highway Administration, DOT 655.603 AASHTO, October 1993. This publica-tion is incorporated by reference in ac-cordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51 and is on file at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For inf
14、ormation on the avail-ability of this material at NARA, call 2027416030, or go to: http:/ www.archives.gov/federallregister/ codeloflfederallregulations/ ibrllocations.html. This document is available for inspection as provided in 49 CFR part 7. It may be purchased from the American Association of S
15、tate Highway and Transportation Of-ficials, Suite 249, 444 North Capitol Street, NW., Washington, DC 20001. 51 FR 16834, May 7, 1986, as amended at 60 FR 18521, Apr. 11, 1995; 61 FR 29626, June 11, 1996; 62 FR 1373, Jan. 9, 1997; 63 FR 8351, Feb. 19, 1998; 63 FR 33549, June 19, 1998; 64 FR 33753, Ju
16、ne 24, 1999; 65 FR 13, Jan. 3, 2000; 65 FR 78958, Dec. 18, 2000; 69 FR 18803, Apr. 9, 2004; 71 FR 75115, Dec. 14, 2006; 72 FR 72582, Dec. 21, 2007; 74 FR 66861, Dec. 16, 2009 655.602 Definitions. The terms used herein are defined in accordance with definitions and usages contained in the MUTCD and 2
17、3 U.S.C. 101(a). 655.603 Standards. (a) National MUTCD. The MUTCD ap-proved by the Federal Highway Admin-istrator is the national standard for all traffic control devices installed on any street, highway, or bicycle trail open to public travel in accordance with 23 U.S.C. 109(d) and 402(a). For the
18、pur-pose of MUTCD applicability, open to public travel includes toll roads and roads within shopping centers, air-ports, sports arenas, and other similar business and/or recreation facilities that are privately owned but where the public is allowed to travel without ac-cess restrictions. Except for
19、gated toll roads, roads within private gated prop-erties where access is restricted at all times are not included in this defini-tion. Parking areas, driving aisles within parking areas, and private high-way-rail grade crossings are also not included in this definition. (b) State or other Federal MU
20、TCD. (1) Where State or other Federal agency MUTCDs or supplements are required, they shall be in substantial conform-ance with the National MUTCD. Sub-stantial conformance means that the State MUTCD or supplement shall con-form as a minimum to the standard statements included in the National MUTCD.
21、 The FHWA Division Adminis-trators and Associate Administrator for the Federal Lands Highway Pro-gram may grant exceptions in cases where a State MUTCD or supplement cannot conform to standard statements in the National MUTCD because of the requirements of a specific State law that was in effect pri
22、or to the effective date of this final rule, provided that the Division Administrator or Asso-ciate Administrator determines based on information available and docu-mentation received from the State that the non-conformance does not create a safety concern. The guidance state-ments contained in the
23、National MUTCD shall also be in the State Man-ual or supplement unless the reason for not including it is satisfactorily ex-plained based on engineering judgment, specific conflicting State law, or a doc-umented engineering study. The FHWA Division Administrators shall approve the State MUTCDs and s
24、upplements that are in substantial conformance with the National MUTCD. The FHWA AssociateAdministrator of the Federal Lands Highway Program shall approve other Federal land management agen-cies MUTCDs and supplements that are in substantial conformance with the National MUTCD. The FHWA Division Adm
25、inistrators and the FHWA Asso-ciate Administrators for the Federal Lands Highway Program have the flexibility to determine on a case-by- case basis the degree of variation al-lowed. (2) States and other Federal agencies are encouraged to adopt the National MUTCD in its entirety as their official Man
26、ual on Uniform Traffic Control De-vices. (3) States and other Federal agencies shall adopt changes issued by the FHWA to the National MUTCD within two years from the effective date of the final rule. For those States that auto-matically adopt the MUTCD imme-diately upon the effective date of the lat
27、est edition or revision of the MUTCD, the FHWA Division Adminis-trators have the flexibility to allow VerDate Mar2010 09:39 May 11, 2011 Jkt 223076 PO 00000 Frm 00287 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:SGML223076.XXX 223076wwoods2 on DSK1DXX6B1PROD with CFRProvided by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networkin
28、g permitted without license from IHS-,-,-278 23 CFR Ch. I (4111 Edition) 655.604 1Available for inspection from the Office of Traffic Operations, Federal Highway Admin-istration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC. these States to install certain devices from existing inventory or previousl
29、y approved construction plans that com-ply with the previous MUTCD during the two-year adoption period. (c) Color specifications. Color deter-minations and specifications of sign and pavement marking materials shall conform to requirements of the FHWA Color Tolerance Charts.1An alternate method of d
30、etermining the color of retroreflective sign material is pro-vided in the appendix. (d) Compliance(1) Existing highways. Each State, in cooperation with its po-litical subdivisions, and Federal agen-cy shall have a program as required by 23 U.S.C. 402(a), which shall include provisions for the syste
31、matic upgrad-ing of substandard traffic control de-vices and for the installation of needed devices to achieve conformity with the MUTCD. The FHWA may establish tar-get dates of achieving compliance with changes to specific devices in the MUTCD. (2) New or reconstructed highways. Federal-aid project
32、s for the construc-tion, reconstruction, resurfacing, res-toration, or rehabilitation of streets and highways shall not be opened to the public for unrestricted use until all appropriate traffic control devices, ei-ther temporary or permanent, are in-stalled and functioning properly. Both temporary
33、and permanent devices shall conform to the MUTCD. (3) Construction area activities. All traffic control devices installed in con-struction areas using Federal-aid funds shall conform to the MUTCD. Traffic control plans for handling traffic and pedestrians in construction zones and for protection of
34、workers shall conform to the requirements of 23 CFR part 630, subpart J, Traffic Safety in Highway and Street Work Zones. 48 FR 46776, Oct. 14, 1983, as amended at 51 FR 16834, May 7, 1986; 68 FR 14139, Mar. 24, 2003; 71 FR 75115, Dec. 14, 2006; 74 FR 28442, June 16, 2009; 74 FR 66861, Dec. 16, 2009
35、 655.604 Achieving basic uniformity. (a) Programs. Programs for the or-derly and systematic upgrading of ex-isting traffic control devices or the in-stallation of needed traffic control de-vices on or off the Federal-aid system should be based on inventories made in accordance with the Highway Safet
36、y Program Guideline 21, Roadway Safe-ty. These inventories provide the in-formation necessary for programming traffic control device upgrading projects. (b) Inventory. An inventory of all traffic control devices is recommended in the Highway Safety Program Guide-line 21, Roadway Safety. Highway plan
37、ning and research funds and high-way related safety grant program funds may be used in statewide or system-wide studies or inventories. Also, met-ropolitan planning (PL) funds may be used in urbanized areas provided the activity is included in an approved uni-fied work program. 48 FR 46776, Oct. 14,
38、 1983, as amended at 71 FR 75115, Dec. 14, 2006 655.605 Project procedures. (a) Federal-aid highways. Federal-aid projects involving the installation of traffic control devices shall follow pro-cedures as established in 23 CFR part 630, subpart A, Federal-Aid Programs Approval and Project Authorizat
39、ion. Simplified and timesaving procedures are to be used to the extent permitted by existing policy. (b) Off-system highways. Certain fed-erally funded programs are available for installation of traffic control de-vices on streets and highways that are not on the Federal-aid system. The procedures u
40、sed in these programs may vary from project to project but, essen-tially, the guidelines set forth herein should be used. 655.606 Higher cost materials. The use of signing, pavement mark-ing, and signal materials (or equip-ment) having distinctive performance characteristics, but costing more than o
41、ther materials (or equipment) com-monly used may be approved by the FHWA Division Administrator when the specific use proposed is considered to be in the public interest. VerDate Mar2010 09:39 May 11, 2011 Jkt 223076 PO 00000 Frm 00288 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:SGML223076.XXX 223076wwoods2 on DSK1DXX6B1P
42、ROD with CFRProvided by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-279 Federal Highway Administration, DOT Pt. 655, Subpt. F, App. 655.607 Funding. (a) Federal-aid highways. (1) Funds ap-portioned or allocated under 23 U.S.C. 104(b) are eligible to particip
43、ate in projects to install traffic control de-vices in accordance with the MUTCD on newly constructed, reconstructed, resurfaced, restored, or rehabilitated highways, or on existing highways when this work is classified as con-struction in accordance with 23 U.S.C. 101(a). Federal-aid highway funds
44、for eligible pavement markings and traffic control signalization may amount to 100 percent of the construction cost. Federal-aid highway funds apportioned or allocated under other sections of 23 U.S.C. are eligible for participation in improvements conforming to the MUTCD in accordance with the prov
45、i-sions of applicable program regulations and directives. (2) Traffic control devices are eligi-ble, in keeping with paragraph (a)(1) of this section, provided that the work is classified as construction in accord-ance with 23 U.S.C. 101(a) and the State or local agency has a policy acceptable to th
46、e FHWA Division Administrator for selecting traffic control devices ma-terial or equipment based on items such as cost, traffic volumes, safety, and expected service life. The States policy should provide for cost-effective selection of materials which will pro-vide for substantial service life taki
47、ng into account expected and necessary routine maintenance. For these pur-poses, effectiveness would normally be measured in terms of durability, serv-ice life and/or performance of the mate-rial. Specific projects including mate-rial or equipment selection shall be de-veloped in accordance with thi
48、s policy. Proposed work may be approved on a project-by-project basis when the work is (i) clearly warranted, (ii) on a Fed-eral-aid system, (iii) clearly identified by site, (iv) substantial in nature, and (v) of sufficient magnitude at any given location to warrant Federal-aid participation as a c
49、onstruction item. (3) The method of accomplishing the work will be in accordance with 23 CFR part 635, subpart A, Contract Proce-dures. (b) Off-system highways. Certain Fed-eral-aid highway funds are eligible to participate in traffic control device im-provement projects on off-system high-ways. In addition, Federal-aid highway funds apportioned or allocated in 23 U.S.C. are eligible for the installation of traffic control devices o
