Traffic control devices manual

The Traffic control devices manual will provide guidance on industry good practice, including, where necessary, practice mandated by law. The planned structure of the Traffic control devices manual comprises 22 parts and is shown in the table below.

Each part will be developed under the guidance of a working group of practitioners experienced in, and having specific knowledge about, the subject. The practitioners will also be representative of the intended users of the documents. Interested practitioners and affected organisations will be given the opportunity to comment on drafts and have their input incorporated appropriately in the final document.

The Traffic control devices manual will be published electronically only.

The following table shows the complete list of parts of the manual. These will be added to this website as soon as they become available.

Part		Status	Latest version
	Sign specifications Detailed descriptions of traffic signs, including dimensions, colour and layout	Published
	Signal specifications
	Marking specifications
1	General requirements for signs
2	Route and street name signs
3	Motorist services and tourist signs
4	Advertising signs
5	General requirements for markings
6	Traffic signals
7	Traffic control devices for general use
8	Temporary traffic management
9	Railway level crossings Risk assessment (ALCAM) Design considerations, eg facility types, traffic movements, stacking length, sight distances Types of control - passive or active	Consultation (closed, but available for inspection)
10	Motorways and expressways
11	Local area traffic management
12	Speed
13	Parking control Legal framework - implications and responsibilities Design considerations and elements Linear and zone parking treatments Parking furniture, eg meters, vending machines	Published	Version 1 December 2007
14	Special vehicle lanes
15	Cycles
16	Pedestrians
17	Heavy motor vehicles
	Definitions Glossary of terms used throughout the TCD manual	Published
	References All documents references throughout the TCD manual	Published

 

Relationships with other documents

The Traffic control devices manual will support and reference:

• New Zealand legislation and, in particular, the Land Transport Act 1998 and rules made pursuant to that act, including the Land Transport (Road User) Rule, the Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices and the Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits
• general polices contained in Austroads Guides (in particular, the Guides to Traffic Management, Traffic Design and Road Safety) [under preparation in 2007/08] by providing detailed guidance to meet specific requirements of New Zealand law and practices
• New Zealand and, as appropriate, Australian standards
• codes of practice, guidelines and published standards of various authorities.

Each part will attempt to provide a broad coverage of the subject but avoid duplicating major elements of referenced documents, preferring to direct readers to the source.

The Traffic control devices manual will, on completion, replace the joint Transit New Zealand and Land Transport NZ publication Manual of traffic signs and markings (MOTSAM).

Last updated: 18 February 2008