To date, there are over 3,000 copies in use. It is user friendly, allowing crews to make quick, correct sign choices. It emphasizes illustrations instead of text. The second edition includes a chapter on roadside markers, showing sign crews how to use reflectors and other devices for greater safety on narrow bridges and curves. Although originally intended for maintenance crews, the new edition of this guide is finding proponents in other areas of transportation.
Designers can determine consistent, effective sign styles.
Contractors can install signs more accurately, reducing the time and money spent correcting problems. Guide developers believe future editions could serve an even wider audience of transportation planners, in other states as well as in Texas, and might become an all-inclusive reference for signing questions. To order TTI research reports and publications, contact the Publications Department at 979.845.4853. Over 3,000 copies of the TTI-developed Sign Crew Field Book have been distributed and now aid field crews, contractors and even highway planners. By encouraging consistency in road signs, the field book can prevent vehicular incidents that occur from motorists reacting to poorly placed signs - sudden braking, swerving or turning.