MUTCD
People to Feds: Design Streets Better!
A proposed revision of the Federal Highway Administration’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways generated unprecedented public interest.
May 24, 2021
Can the MUTCD Catch Up with the New Mobility Revolution?
Sure, amending the MUTCD is long overdue. But it's also time to set strong standards that go beyond actual street signage and into the digital realm, advocates say.
May 17, 2021
Op-Ed: Sure, Blame the Drivers — But the City is At Fault
A viral video out of California is sparking conversation about dangerous driving. But the real villain here is barely mentioned at all: a multi-lane street designed to encourage speeding,
April 15, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: Call it the Manual Undermining Terrific Community Design (MUTCD)
We have met the enemy and it is the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
April 15, 2021
VIDEO: How the MUTCD Cuts Off Food Access For Pedestrians
Because of the strict adherence to the MUTCD we are denying some of the most economically challenged areas of our country safe access to food and recreation. Here's how.
March 30, 2021
CDOT to the feds: The new draft of the MUTCD is still way too car-centric
March 12, 2021
Let’s Not Overthink This: Opening Streets is Easy, Says Urban Planner Mike Lydon
An urban planner looks at open space and reviews the good, the bad and the ugly among our cities (looking at you, Mayor de Blasio!).
April 16, 2020
Seattle Tosses Out Rulebook to Protect Pedestrians
The engineering rules say you can't add a signalized crosswalk unless 93 pedestrians are crossing there per hour. Seattle's trying something different.
February 5, 2019
Engineering Group Takes on High Speed Limits
One barrier to safer, more pedestrian friendly streets is slowing being dismantled.
January 18, 2019
Engineers to Pedestrians: No ‘Walk’ Signs for You!
The traffic engineering profession says intersections with no "Walk" signal are a-okay. Even as pedestrian deaths soar.
January 11, 2019