Engineering Professional Programs

Course Faculty: John Logan and Jerry Hall

This three-day course will cover the Federal Highway Administration's 2000 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and the 2003 update. These two documents include many changes to the 1988 MUTCD and Part VI, Standards and Guide for Traffic Controls for Street and Highway Construction, Maintenance, Utility and Incident Management (1993 edition). Through course lectures and discussion you will learn how to apply effective design and installation concepts for traffic control devices. Legal, administrative and operational issues will also be covered.

The overall objective of this course is to train personnel to provide safe and efficient traffic control devices. Of critical importance is the need to use uniform control devices recognized by motorists throughout the country and to meet national, local, and legal standards. Specific objectives are for participants to gain an understanding of each step involved in providing traffic controls; identify and apply workable concepts and techniques; better understand the principles in the design and installation of traffic control devices; discuss techniques and procedures used by different agencies; assess the legal consequences of action and inaction relative to traffic control and identify risk management techniques. The instructors will use workshops and hands-on practice to help you master information presented in the course.

Course Topics

History of the MUTCD

Function of the NCUTCD

General Provisions

Regulatory Signs

Warning Signs

Guide and Service Signs

Markings and Object Markers

Traffic Control for Low Volume Roads

Traffic Signals

School Controls

Construction/ Maintenance Traffic Control

Railroads and Bicycles

Who Should Attend

This course is for engineers and technicians working in transportation engineering offices. The course can also apply to those individuals responsible for maintenance activities in our streets, roads, and highways.

Continuing Education Units and Professional Development Hours

Course participants will earn 2.1 CEUs/21 PDHs upon successful completion of this course. The CEU is a nationally recognized measure of participation in a noncredit continuing education program that meets established criteria for increasing knowledge and competency.