The Federal Highway Administration receives occasional inquiries about what bicycle facilities, signals, and markings are permitted in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). The table below lists various bicycle-related signs, markings, signals, and other treatments and identifies their status (e.g., can be implemented, currently experimental) in the 2009 version of the MUTCD.
If you have MUTCD related questions, please contact: David Kirschner, MUTCD Team.
Subject to Experimentation | Available through Interim Approval |
Interpretations |
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Two-Stage Turn Box |
Green-Colored Pavement |
Use of R4-11 Sign on Roads with Speed Limits Above 35mph |
Dashed Bicycle Lanes |
Alternate Design for the U.S. Bicycle Route (M1-9) Sign |
Modified Bicycle Destination Sign |
Destination Guide Signs for Shared-Use Paths |
Bicycle Signal Faces |
Installation of Advance Turn and Directional Assemblies for Bike Route Signs |
Green-Colored Pavement for Use with the Shared-Lane Marking |
Bicycle Box |
Pavement Markings for Designated Bicycle Routes |
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Allowable through the 2009 MUTCD |
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Disallowed |
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Other treatments that are not traffic control devices, so no MUTCD restriction on their use |
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Disclaimer: Inclusion on this list does not constitute FHWA endorsement. The purpose of this list is to describe the status in the MUTCD of different bicycle-related treatments. Practitioners should consult any applicable design policies, including the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities, and State laws of the State within which the treatment is contemplated for use. The design and implementation of traffic control devices requires careful consideration of the roadway environment to ensure the safety of all road users.
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