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New Policy & Directives
| New Policy Directives- Starting 9/26/06 (PDF Format) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Effective Date |
Subject |
| 09-04 | 7-01-09 | Change in current California MUTCD policy and procedure for setting speed limits in California. |
| Letter | 6-23-09 | California MUTCD Conformance Letter from FHWA to Caltrans Director. |
| 09-03 | 6-15-09 | Use of Automated Red Light Enforcement Systems on the State Highway System. (SUPERSEDS TOPD 00-01, dated July 7, 2000) |
| Memo | 5-18-09 | Economic Stimulus Recovery Act Funding Sign Policy Update. |
| Memo | 3-17-09 | Inclusion of American Reinvestment and Recovery Act Funding Signs in Project Plans. (SUPERSEDED BY 5-18-09 Memo) |
| 09-02 | 3-16-09 | Inclusion of new guide signs for Watershed Boundary (S36(CA), S36A(CA), and S36B(CA)) in the California MUTCD. |
| 09-01 | 3-02-09 | Inclusion of new and deletion of existing regulatory parking, stopping and loading signs in the California MUTCD. |
| 08-07 | 11-24-08 | Inclusion of FHWA's final rule of worker visibility in the California MUTCD. |
| IA-10 | 11-3-08 | FHWA Interim Approval - Optional Use of Flashing Yellow Arrow for Permissive Left Turns. |
| 08-06 | 9-12-08 | Inclusion of interim policy for reduced speed limits in school zones in the California MUTCD. |
| 08-05 | 9-12-08 | Inclusion of new guide signs (G12-1(CA), G12-2(CA), G86-4(CA), G98(CA), and S22-1(CA)) in the California MUTCD. |
| 08-04 | 9-12-08 | Inclusion of new regulatory signs (R39(CA), SR25(CA), and SR26(CA)) in the California MUTCD. |
| 08-03 | 9-12-08 | Revision of policies for various signs (S30(CA), S33(CA), R10-11) in the California MUTCD. |
| 08-02 | 7-1-08 | Revision to Signs and Pavement Markings for Persons with Disabilities in the California MUTCD. |
| 08-01 | 7-7-08 | Inclusion of the Slow for the Cone Zone Signs in the California MUTCD. |
| Memo | 11-16-07 | Inclusion of Proposition 1B Funding Signs in Project Plans |
| 06-06 | 1-01-07 | Implementation of Streets and Highways Code - Section 1978 - "WHERE WE HONOR VETERANS" |
| IA-1 | 12-07-06 | FHWA Interim Approval - Traffic Signal Backplate |
| IA-2 | 12-07-06 | FHWA Interim Approval - Wayside Horn System |
| IA-5 | 12-07-06 | FHWA Interim Approval - Clearview Fonts |
| IA-8 | 12-07-06 | FHWA Interim Approval - RV Friendly Symbol Sign |
| Letter | 11-29-06 | Interim Approval Request |
| Letter | 9-26-06 | California MUTCD Adoption Letter to FHWA Division Administrator |
| Memo | 9-26-06 | Adoption Memo to Caltrans Districts |
| ARCHIVED Policy - Prior to 9/26/06 (PDF Format) | ||
| Number | Effective Date | Subject |
| Letter | 9-15-06 | FHWA's Substantial Conformance Letter |
| IA-4R | 5-09-06 | FHWA Interim Approval - AFAD |
| Memo | 5-02-06 | Typical Signs for Chain On/Off Areas |
| 06-01 | 3-10-06 | Charging and Billing Policy for Memorial Signs and College Signs |
| 05-10 | 9-12-05 | Shared Roadway Bicycle Marking |
| 05-09 | 12-01-05 | Crashworthy Temporary Traffic Control Devices in Work Zones Categories 1, 2 & 3 |
| 05-08 | 8-26-05 | Parking Restrictions at Intersections |
| 05-07 | 3-30-05 | Use of safety-related message on changeable message signs |
| 05-06 | 4-01-05 | Orientation of Barricade Stripes For Temporary Traffic Control |
| 05-04 | 3-14-05 | The use of CROSS TRAFFIC DOES NOT STOP plaque (W4-4p) for 4-way stop and 2-way stop conversions. |
| 05-03 | 3-14-05 | The use of NO TURN ON RED signs for less than 75 degrees skewed signalized intersections. |
| 05-01 | 1-26-05 | Minimum Yellow Light Change Interval |
| Letter | 1-06-05 | TCD Target Dates Letter to CTCDC |
| Letter | 5-20-04 | MUTCD 2003 Adoption Letter to FHWA Division Administrator |
| Memo | 5-20-04 | The Department Adopts FHWA's MUTCD 2003 to Replace the Traffic Manual |
| 04-01 | 1-02-04 | Policy on the Retension of Traffic Safety Investigations Records and Collision Reports |
| 03-02 | 12-26-03 | In-Roadway Warning Lights at Crosswalks |
| 03-05 | 10-10-03 | New Speed Limit Signs |
| 03-04 | 8-01-03 | Vehicle Speed Feedback Signs |
| 03-03 | 1-01-03 | Specific Service Sign (Logo) Program - Increased Population Beyond 5,000 |
| 03-01 | 2-10-03 | Steel Guardrail Posts |
| 02-05 | 8-01-02 | Supplemental Signing for City Civic Center Areas (REVISED) |
| Memo | 4-25-02 | Exception to High and Low Risk Policy for the Statewide
Exit Number and Vertical Clearance Sign Projects (Business, Transportation and Housing Agency Memo) |
| 02-04 | 2-01-02 | Interchange Exit Numbering Policy (36 pages, 1.52 MB) |
| 02-01 | 1-18-02 | Supplemental Signing for City Civic Center Areas |
| Program | 1-1-02 | State of California, Department of Transportation, Victims Memorial Sign Program |
| Errata | 12-18-01 | Traffic Manual, Section 8-03.4 Speed Limit Signs and Markings |
| Errata | 11-30-01 | Traffic Manual, Section 9-13.11 Voltage Drop |
| 01-03 | 6-1-01 | Left Turn Extinguishable Message Sign |
| Memo | 5-22-01 | Changes to Traffic Manual 6-03.2 Rumble Strips |
| 01-02 | 3-21-01 | Specific Svc Sign (Logo) Program - Increased Population Beyond 5000 |
| 01-01 | 3-15-01 | Radio Information Signing Policy |
| Memo | 3-9-01 | Interim Energy Conservation Measures for Guide Signs |
| 00-05 | 11-21-00 | Crashworthy Traffic Control Devices in Work Zones |
| 00-04 | 1-04-01 | Profiled Thermoplastic Traffic Stripe |
| 00-03 | 9-01-00 | Vertical Clearance Sign Policy for State Highway Structures |
| 00-02 | 2-01-00 | Optional Laneline Delineation |
| 99-03 | 12-01-99 | Indian Reservations |
| 99-02 | 12-01-99 | Overhead Guide Sign Illumination Policy |
| Memo | 4-29-99 | C40 Signs |
| Memo | 3-16-99 | Guide Sign Policy (Sheeting) |
| Memo | 3-12-99 | Sheeting Material for Guide Signs |
| Memo | 11-30-98 | Safety Corridors |
| Memo | 11-10-98 | Fluorescent Yellow Green |
| Memo | 9-30-98 | Historic District |
| Memo | 4-13-98 | Yellow Change Intervals |
| Memo | 12-27-96 | PLAN-Typical Signing for COZEEP/MAZEEP Reduced Speed Zone |
| Memo | 11-22-96 | Work Zone Speed Limits |
| Memo | 5-13-96 | Signing for Speed Limits |
| Memo | 1-07-93 | Construction Speed Zones |
| Memo | 12-22-92 | Construction Speed Zones |