Recent Streetsblog USA posts about MUTCD

A still from a terrifying recent video by the City of Garden Grove, Calif. Watch the whole thing on Facebook.

Op-Ed: Sure, Blame the Drivers — But the City is At Fault

By Mike McGinn | Apr 15, 2021 | No Comments

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,

Talking Headways Podcast: Call it the Manual Undermining Terrific Community Design (MUTCD)

By Jeff Wood | Apr 15, 2021 | No Comments

We have met the enemy and it is the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

Pedestrian crossing Chinden Boulevard to get to a neighborhood market.

How the MUTCD Cuts Off Food Access For Pedestrians

By Don Kostelec | Mar 30, 2021 | No Comments

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.

New Draft of the MUTCD is Still Too Car-Centric

By John Greenfield | Mar 12, 2021 | No Comments

Transportation chief Gia Biagi argued in a letter to the FWHA that the draft version of the next edition of the manual is "far too focused on motor vehicle operations and perpetuates the status quo."

Here's what's being done in Burlington, Vt, which has miles of streets now looking like this. Photo: Liam Griffin

Don't Overthink It: Opening Streets is Easy

By Mike Lydon | Apr 16, 2020 | No Comments

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!).

Seattle Tosses Out Rulebook to Protect Pedestrians

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 5, 2019 | 48 Comments

The engineering rules say you can't add a signalized crosswalk unless 93 pedestrians are crossing there per hour. Seattle's trying something different.

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