But the newest federal manual on uniform traffic control devices is still being drafted and details about how a HAWK could be used are still being developed, Barnett said.
An airport spokesman replied that the signs seemed adequate to airport officials, and indeed conform to what's considered adequate by state and national standards for signage, including the Federal Highway Administration's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, which defines standards used by road managers nationwide to install and maintain traffic-control devices on all streets and highways.
For example, the researchers had to redesign signal timing on an arterial to accommodate elderly pedestrians who could not safely cross the street in the allotted time, which was originally designed to meet the requirements of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), which called for allowing a walk speed of 4 feet (1.
For instance, the Federal Highway Administration's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices provides guidance ranging from the types of signs to use at a road construction site to the proper use of rumble strips.
In several communities researched, if a signal was timed according to the current edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)--the manual that provides Federal standards for all traffic control devices--more than 15 percent of older pedestrians would not have enough time to cross the street.
Maybe some traffic engineers who have encountered these problems, a member of the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, or the Federal Highway Administration as custodian of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices can answer these questions.
The report, Traffic Incident Management Systems (TIMS), features guidance for local fire departments and emergency responders on compliance with USDOT's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and the National Fire Service Incident Management System 0MS) Consortium's Model Procedures Guide for Highway Incidents.
