MUTCD
Abbreviations
Roadway Design
ITE
Miscellaneous
100

These are the two background colors present in freeway exit signs besides black/white.

What are yellow and green?

100

LADOT 

Los Angeles Department of Transportation

100

This is the more common name for the manual A Policy on Geometric Design of Highway and Streets.

What is the Green Book?

100

Who is the President of ITE Western District? (Hint: he was here last week)

Who is Joshua McNeill? 

100

Who is President of UCI's ITE Chapter this year? 

Who is Benjamin Chang?

200

The most recent version of the MUTCD, the 11th edition, was released in this year.

What is 2023?

200

TRB

Transportation Research Board

200

This point is at the midpoint between the PVC and the PVT on a vertical curve, and is usually not on the curve itself.

What is the PVI?

200

Where is SLS hosted this year? 

UC Berkeley

200

Which Taylor Swift album won album of the year and best pop vocal album in 2016?

What is 1989?

300

This is the colour used for temporary traffic control.

What is Orange?

300

AADT

Annual Average Daily Traffic

300

This is the max allowed superelevation for a horizontal curve, according to Caltrans standards.

What is 12%?

300

This is the amount of districts in ITE.

What is 11?

300

What famous video game is named after a vehicle related felony?

GTA

400

These types of signs use trapezoids.

What are Recreational and Cultural Interest Area Guide Series?

400

HAWK

High Intensity Activated Crosswalk

400

DAILY DOUBLE

What is 202.2E?

400

When and where ITE officially founded? 

What is Pittsburg, PA 1930?

400

DAILY DOUBLE

What are Nebraska, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Missouri?

500

These are the four types of lane markings found on the ground. 

What is Solid, Dotted, Double Solid, Broken?

500

NCHRP

National Cooperative Highway Research Program

500

Name 5 out of 9 warrants

8hr vehicle volume, 4hr vehicle volume, peak hour, pedestrian volume, school crossing, coordinated signal system, crash experience, roadway network, railway crossing

500

This person is the current president of the ITE SoCal Section.

Who is Shirjeel Muhammad?

500

Before Google Maps existed, people often used these paper atlas books to navigate places. These specific maps/atlases were particularly popular in Southern California, though they were used in other places in the Western US as well.  

What are Thomas Guides?