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State Safety Office
Lora Hollingsworth, P.E., Chief Safety Officer
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Manuals and Handbooks There is often confusion as to what the "standard" is for a bicycle or pedestrian design element, and about which document contains the applicable standard.
This page explains the use of the
following documents:
Plans
Preparation Manual (PPM ), FDOT Design
Standards, FDOT
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices,
FHWA
Guide for the Development of Bicycle
Facilities, AASHTO
Florida Bicycle Facilities Planning and
Design Handbook, FDOT The Manual of Uniform Minimum Standards for Design, Construction and Maintenance for Streets and Highways (known as the "Florida Greenbook"), available online from this link to the Roadway Design Office.
This manual establishes uniform minimum
standards and criteria for the design,
construction, and maintenance of all
public streets and highways, including
pedestrian and bicycle facilities, in
the State of Florida. On state (FDOT)
projects, the more stringent standards
of the Plans Preparation Manual are
applicable. Some jurisdictions adopt
their own standards, consistent with and
supplementing those of the Florida
Greenbook. The Greenbook's guidance for
pedestrian and bicycle facilities is
based on the principles that:
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
Devices (MUTCD), Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA)
This manual is the national standard for traffic control devices on all roads open to public travel. Traffic control devices are signs, signals, markings, and other devices used to regulate, warn, or guide traffic, placed on, over, or adjacent to a street, highway, pedestrian facility, or bikeway. Under Florida law (section 316.0745, F.S.), the Department of Transportation is required to adopt a uniform system of traffic control devices for streets and highways. To comply with this statute, the Department of Transportation has adopted the Federal Highway Administration's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. This is explained at the MUTCD page on the Traffic Engineering and Operations Office website. Back to top Plans Preparation Manual (PPM )available online through Roadway Design Publications. This manual establishes design criteria and guidance for FDOT construction and RRR (resurfacing) projects. Pedestrian and bicycle provisions are discussed in the following chapters of Volume I:
Design Standards, are available
online through
Roadway Design Publications. Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).
Florida Bicycle Facilities Planning and
Design Handbook Designing
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HSRC
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