Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The Federal Highway Administration's MUTCD Team receives questions daily about a wide variety of issues involving traffic control devices and the MUTCD. To assist users, we have compiled a variety of the most frequently asked questions, about the MUTCD in general and about each individual part of the MUTCD, along with the answers to those questions. If you have a question, select the applicable Part of the MUTCD in the list below, and see if your question is one for which the answer has been posted:
- General Questions about the MUTCD
- Part 1 - General
- Part 2 - Signs
- Part 3 - Markings
- Part 4 - Highway Traffic Signals
- Part 5 - Traffic Control Devices for Low-Volume Roads
- Part 6 - Temporary Traffic Control
- Part 7 - Traffic Controls for School Areas
- Part 8 - Traffic Controls for Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
- Part 9 - Traffic Controls for Bicycle Facilities
- Part 10 - Traffic Controls for Highway-Light Rail Transit Grade Crossings