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 Sign Retroreflectivity
Implementation Period Vault

The Countdown Continues...

To see ATSSA's Comments to the Docket, Oct. 2011, click here.

To see AAA, AARP and the American Highway Users Alliance Comments to the Docket, click here.

To read the CRS Report on Revised Federal Standards for Traffic Signs, click here.

To be transported to the official FHWA Docket, “Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) Compliance Dates” click here

To post a comment to the docket – click here

To view existing comments to the docket – click here
Be sure to check the “Public Submission” box at this link to view

To view the FHWA's final rule on retroreflectivity, click here.

To view the FHWA pamphlet desribing the minimum requirements, click here.

To view the FHWA's assesment on the cost to state and local governments, click here.

To view a Congressional Research Service FAQs on Revised Federal Standards for Traffic Signs, click here.

*NEW* MUTCD Update by FHWA

Key facts regarding street sign and sign retroreflectivity requirements

Sample Response to Docket # 2010-0159 (For members only)

Summary of Issues regarding MUTCD Signage Requirements (For members only) 

ATSSA's Roger Wentz sets the record straight on WRVA


What exactly is RETROREFLECTIVITY


 

Media Coverage
  Date   Item
  08/31/2011   To read an article from BNA, click here. For the DOT press release, click here.
  12/30/2010   To read an update to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article from December 16, click here.
  12/30/2010   To read an editorial from the Enid (Okla.) News on the importance of roadway safety in reducing then umber of fatalities on Oklahoma roads, click here.
  12/20/2010   To Read ATSSA's letter to the editor in response to the Wheeling News-Register article "Cities Preparing For New Street Sign Rules," click here.
  12/16/2010   To read ATSSA's letter to the editor in response to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article "Officials say federal requirement to update traffic control devices not too costly," click here.
  12/15/2010   To read ATSSA's letter to the editor in response to the Wall Street Journal article "New Puzzle: Why Fewer Are Killed In Car Crashes," click here.
  11/30/2010   To read ATSSA's letter to the editor in response to the New York Daily News article "Feds eye delay for costly plan to change New York City's street signs," click here.
  11/23/2010   To read ATSSA's letter to the editor in response to the Albany Times-Union article "Street sign named expensive," click here.
  11/01/2010   Read an article titled, "Street Sign Changes Are a Gradual Process" on the National League of Cities website.
  10/21/2010   To read ATSSA's letter to the editor in response to the USA Today article "ALL CAPS? Not OK on road signs, federal government says," click here.

Snopes.com explains and clarifies confusion in the USA Today article.

For the latest on the sign upgrade and other ATSSA issues, follow @ATSSAHQ on Twitter.


FAQ VIDEOS

Communicate directly with ATSSA’s President and CEO, Roger Wentz

President and Chief Executive Officer, Roger Wentz answers questions regarding the new street sign and sign retroreflectivity requirements.  Simply click on a question below to view the video answer.

 

 

 

 
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