Office of Traffic, Safety, and Operations June 20, 2012 Arden Hills Training Center Signing Plan Design At-Grade

Office of Traffic, Safety, and Operations 2 Signing Plan Design (At-Grade) Class Kickoff Introductions –Facilitators John Albeck – Albeck + Associates –Technical Experts Heather Lott – MnDOT Rick Sunstrom – MnDOT –Attendees

Office of Traffic, Safety, and Operations 3 Signing Plan Design (At-Grade) Course Information Focus –Practical application of signing and plan design –At-grade intersections, conventional highways, and expressways Purpose –To enable traffic personnel to acquire basic design skills in assembling signing plans for at-grade intersections on conventional highways and expressways

Office of Traffic, Safety, and Operations 4 Signing Plan Design (At-Grade) Course Information Content –Primary Reference Documents Traffic Engineering Manual (TEM) Chapter 6 Review Sample Plan Set –Supplemental Documents Traffic Signs 101 TEM Chapter 7 - Delineators & Markers MN MUTCD MnDOT Standard Signs Summary MnDOT Standard Signs Manual

Office of Traffic, Safety, and Operations 5 Mn/DOT Training Program Mn/DOT Training Program Traffic Signals 101 Traffic Signal Design Traffic Signal Timing & Coord. At-Grade Signing Plan Design Freeway Signing Plan Design Guide Sign Design Roadway Lighting Design Intersection Control Eval. (ICE) Spring 2009 April 22-24, 2008 Spring 2009 Today! April 29, 2008 Fall 2008 ??

Office of Traffic, Safety, and Operations 6 Signing Plan Design (At-Grade) Course Information Agenda –TEM General Principles of Traffic Signing –TEM App. Guidelines – Regulatory Signs –TEM App. Guidelines – Warning Signs –TEM App. Guidelines – Guide Signing –TEM App. Guidelines – Misc. Signing –Sample Plan Set –FINAL EXAM

Office of Traffic, Safety, and Operations 7 Signing Plan Design (At-Grade) Course Information Manual –Tab 1: Introduction –Tab 2: TEM Chap. 6 –Tab 3: Plan Set –Tab 4: Appendix A: ITE Signing Priorities B: Sign Symbols Overview C: Type C & D Sign Post Length Determination D: 2011 MN MUTCD Table 4C E: Mast Arm Bracketing Memo F: 2011 MN MUTCD Additional Sections

Office of Traffic, Safety, and Operations 8 Signing Plan Design (At-Grade) Course Information Manual –Text Covered in Course

Office of Traffic, Safety, and Operations 9 Signing Plan Design (At-Grade) Course Information Manual –Handouts

Office of Traffic, Safety, and Operations 10 Signing Plan Design (At-Grade) Course Information Contact Information

Office of Traffic, Safety, and Operations 11 Signing Plan Design (At-Grade) Course Information MnDOT OTST Website