MUTCD Terms
Fundamentals
Hodge Podge
Acronyms
Signs
100

roadway for weaving, truck climbing, or speed change

Auxiliary lane

100

Harmonic mean of individual speeds

Space-Mean Speed

100

Who was the very first ITE VP?

Miller McClintock

100

HCM

Highway Capacity Manual

100

Pentagon (sign shape)

school zone and school crossing

200

A thru lane that becomes a mandatory turn lane or exit lane

Dropped lane

200

Distance between rear or leading vehicle and front of following vehicle

Clearance

200

The oldest section of all U.S. interstates is on...

I-70

200

PTOE


Professional Traffic Operations Engineer

200

Triangle (sign shapes)

yield sign

300

an assembly of one or more signal faces that is provided for controlling traffic movements on one or more approaches

Signal head

300

A highway primarily used by thru traffic on a continuous route

Arterial Highway

300

Busiest train station in western district

Union Station, Los Angeles CA

300

NEPA


National Environmental Policy Act

300

Pentagonal Sign (not school related)

County Route Sign

400

the transfer of normal operation of a traffic control signal to a special control mode of operation

preemption

400

Bicyclists count as veh/pedestrians (T or F)

True

400

This award is presented at the ITE Annual Meeting and is the most prestigious award for distinguished service to ITE.

Burton W. Marsh Distinguished Service Award

400

PHF

Peak Hour Factor

400

Only sign placed on left of 2-lane road

no passing sign

500

the time provided for a pedestrian crossing in a crosswalk, after leaving the curb or shoulder, to travel to the far side of the traveled way or to a median

Pedestrian change interval

500

Which of 7 mandatory elements in a city's general plan has to do with transportation?

Circulation

500

Only state capital not connected to interstate

Juneau, Alaska

500

TCP

Traffic Control Plan

500

Circle (sign shape)


Railroad Crossing Sign



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