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Traffic Issues

• The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) (Offsite)
• MaineDOT Traffic Engineering Division (traffic counts, OBDS, crash records, permits, etc) (Offsite)

Speed Limits

• DVD available! "Establishing Speed Limits in Maine". Click (Here) to get a free copy.
• MUTCD Standards on Speed Limits. 
• Setting Speed Limits on Local Roads
• Speed Limit: How MaineDOT Establishes Maine Speed Limits.
• Speed Limit: Lowering the speed limit may NOT increase safety.
• Speed Limits in School Zones.
• Speed Humps vs Bumps

Signs

• New Retroreflectivity Requirements
• Sign Sheeting Identification Guide—FHWA 2011.
• "Bright" Warning Signs: Bright yellow-green fluorescent warning signs. (PDF)
• "Children at Play" Signs: Do not give a clear message to drivers.
• "Jake Brake" Issues: How to deal with the noise problem.
• "STOP" Signs: They should not be used for speed control.
• "Street Name" Signs and E-911: examples of Street signs.
• InStreet Pedestrian Signs: Portable devices

Traffic Counts

• Equipment Loan Program for Towns (Word) (PDF)

Heavy Loads

• Rules and Regulations Restricting Heavy Loads on Closed Ways
• Information on posting local roads as well as a link to the actual law regarding the posting of roads.

Traffic Ordinances

• How to Legally Erect STOP or YIELD signs, and establish No Parking zones, Weight Limits, "No Thru Trucks", etc.

Striping

• Information on doing roadway striping properly as well as guidelines from the MUTCD.

Street Lighting

• Maine State Planning Office "Outdoor Lighting Manual" (Offsite)
• Sample Outdoor Lighting Ordinance from Hancock County, Maine Regional Planning Commission (Offsite)
• Regulating Light Pollution: a selected bibliography from several New England & Maine sources - PDF (Offsite)
• Outdoor Lighting Manual for Vermont Municipalities - PDF (Offsite)
• LED's in Traffic Signals
  • 2006 FHWA Memo on LED's (PDF)
  • Summary of 2005 Federal Energy Policy Act
  • Press Release from Maine PUC
  • Maine Towns who participated in 2003 purchase program (Word) (PDF)

Driveways, Entrances, and Sight Distances

• Driveways, Entrances, and Sight Distance Information

Crosswalk Policy

• MaineDOT Crosswalk Policy (PDF)

MaineDOT Policies on Signs

• School Bus Stop Ahead
• School Bus Turn Ahead

MaineDOT Truck Restriction Policy

• Truck Restriction Policy

MaineDOT Changeable Message Sign Policy

• MaineDOT Policy Document (PDF)
• MUTCD Manual - PDF (Offsite)

 

This page last updated on 5/17/13

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