FHWA Contacts

As you become more familiar with the standards, guidance, and options of the MUTCD, you can contact one of the following resources to answer your questions.

The FHWA Office of Transportation Operations manages the updating and publishing of the MUTCD and coordinates the rulemaking process through Federal Register notices.

Office Director and FHWA Team Members responsible for coordinating the revision of specific MUTCD Parts.

The FHWA Resource Center provides technical support and program assistance along with training, and technology delivery to the Division Offices, State Departments of Transportation, Metropolitan Planning Organizations and other transportation partners.

FHWA Resource Center

The FHWA maintains a Division Office in each State. The FHWA staff in these Division Offices are more familiar with individual State issues, and they work closely with State and local highway agencies to resolve local issues of Traffic Control Device selection, installation, and maintenance.

List of FHWA Division Office Contacts

The State Departments of Transportation (DOTs), and the county and local highway agencies, however, are the agencies that own and operate most highways and roads throughout the country. Thus, it is the State DOTs, and the county and local agencies, that select, install, and maintain traffic control devices--in accordance with the FHWA MUTCD provisions.

List of State DOTs

There are other programs related to the MUTCD which have the lead from FHWA personnel other than the MUTCD team members.

List of Related Programs