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Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 23 - TRAVEL INFORMATION › Subchapter D - PROMOTIONAL PRODUCT PROGRAM › Section 23.69 - Vendor Wholesale Report

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
A vendor that contracts to manage product acquisitions
					 shall furnish to the department, in a format prescribed by the department,
					 monthly and annual wholesale reports. A report must include for the reporting
					 period:
(1) a list of the names of
				  all wholesalers participating in the program through the vendor;
(2) a list of the names of all wholesalers
				  who submitted to the vendor products for consideration for the program and for
				  each wholesaler a detailed description of each product submitted and whether
				  the product was selected or rejected;
(3) revenue submitted by the vendor to the
				  department, identifying the separate sources of revenue; and
(4) the total amount of fees retained by the
				  vendor.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 23 - TRAVEL INFORMATION › Subchapter D - PROMOTIONAL PRODUCT PROGRAM › Section 23.70 - Vendor Retail Report

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
A vendor who is contracted to manage product sales for the
					 department shall furnish to the department, in a format prescribed by the
					 department, monthly and annual retail reports. A report must include for the
					 reporting period:
(1) a list of the
				  names of all retailers participating in the program through the vendor;
(2) contact information for each
				  retailer participating in the program through the vendor, including address,
				  key contact name, website, email, and phone numbers;
(3) the amount of administrative and royalty
				  fees owed to the vendor under the program and those collected by the vendor;
(4) revenue submitted to the
				  department for each retailer; and
(5) the date of expiration of the agreement
				  for each participating retailer.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 23 - TRAVEL INFORMATION › Subchapter D - PROMOTIONAL PRODUCT PROGRAM › Section 23.71 - Wholesaler Agreement

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Agreement. A
				  wholesaler whose product is selected must enter into an agreement with the
				  department or the department's vendor, as appropriate, before the product may
				  be sold under the program. The agreement must include:
(1) the description of the product;
(2) the quantity to be provided;
(3) payment terms;
(4) marketing and distribution terms, if
				  applicable;
(5) the delivery
				  schedule;
(6) the return policy;
(7) the agreement period with the
				  termination date of the agreement; and
(8) any intellectual property rights related
				  to the product and include or provide for any necessary licensing agreement.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 23 - TRAVEL INFORMATION › Subchapter D - PROMOTIONAL PRODUCT PROGRAM › Section 23.72 - Retailer Agreement

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Agreement. A
				  retailer that sells products through the program must enter into an agreement,
				  in a form prescribed by the department, with the department or its vendor,
				  before any product may be sold.
(b) Terms. Each agreement must:
(1) be for a term of not less than two years
				  and provide the date that the agreement will terminate;
(2) require that the retailer comply with
				  state laws prohibiting discrimination based on any state or federally legally
				  protected class of persons;
(3)
				  state the fees charged by the vendor to administer the program if a vendor is
				  used; and
(4) provide detailed
				  information about the specific products being sold.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 23 - TRAVEL INFORMATION › Subchapter D - PROMOTIONAL PRODUCT PROGRAM › Section 23.73 - Use of Department Owned Intellectual Property

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  License agreement. A retailer, vendor, or wholesaler that produces or sells any
				  promotional products under the program that use a department owned mark must
				  enter into an appropriate license agreement with the department under
				  Transportation Code, § 201.205, as part of their contract.
(b) Goodwill. The retailer, vendor, or
				  wholesaler shall cooperate with the department in building and maintaining the
				  goodwill of the department and the goodwill associated with the department's
				  marks.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter A - GENERAL › Section 25.1 - Uniform Traffic Control Devices

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The 2011
				  Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, Revision 2, was prepared by
				  the Texas Department of Transportation to govern standards and specifications
				  for all traffic control devices to be erected and maintained upon any street,
				  highway, bikeway, public facility, or private property open to public travel
				  within this state, including those under local jurisdiction, and is adopted by
				  reference. Copies of the manual are available online through the Texas
				  Department of Transportation web site, www.txdot.gov, and a copy is available
				  for public inspection at the department's Traffic Operations Division office
				  located at 118 East Riverside Drive, Austin, Texas.
(b) This manual will be periodically updated.
				  In the intervals between updates, standards contained in "Official Rulings on
				  Requests for Interpretations, Changes, and Experimentation" to the United
				  States Department of Transportation's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
				  for Streets and Highways will be inserted in this manual and may be used as
				  interim standards.
(c) This manual
				  is not intended to preclude the use of sound engineering judgment and
				  experience in the application and installation of devices and particularly in
				  those cases not specifically covered which must not conflict with the manual or
				  other applicable state laws.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter A - GENERAL › Section 25.2 - Load Limits on County Roads and Bridges

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Purpose. Transportation Code, §
										621.301,
				  provides that a county may establish load limits for any county road or bridge
				  only with the concurrence of the department. This section prescribes the
				  policies and procedures governing department concurrence with a proposed county
				  load limit.
(b) Definitions. The
				  following words and terms, when used in this section, will have the following
				  meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Calculations--Computations of the load
				  limit of a road or bridge in accordance with accepted engineering
				  principles.
(2) Department--The
				  Texas Department of Transportation.
(3) District engineer--The chief
				  administrative officer of a district in which the county resides.
(4) Engineer--A person who is licensed by the
				  Texas Board of Professional Engineers to engage in the practice of engineering
				  in this state.
(5) Executive
				  director--The executive director of the department or the executive director's
				  designee not below the level of deputy executive director.
(6) Load limits--Maximum loads a road or
				  bridge can safely carry.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter A - GENERAL › Section 25.3 - Installation of Pay Telephones

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The department may install pay telephones in rest areas
					 along highway routes and at other locations when deemed necessary as a public
					 service for motorists. All pay telephones will be installed under an agreement
					 executed between the department and the telephone company setting forth the
					 responsibilities of each party regarding the installation, operation, and
					 maintenance of the telephone facility. Pay telephone installations shall not be
					 made unless authorized by minute order of the State Highway and Public
					 Transportation Commission.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter A - GENERAL › Section 25.5 - Installation, Operation, and Maintenance of Traffic Signals

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The department may install, maintain, and
				  operate traffic signals on the state highway system in unincorporated areas
				  when requested by anyone and provided that the location or locations meets one
				  or more of the warrants for highway traffic signals contained in the current
				  Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and
				  Highways.
(b) The department may
				  install, maintain, and operate traffic signals on the state highway system in
				  incorporated cities of less than 50,000 population (latest federal census) when
				  requested by the city council, mayor, or city manager and on frontage roads and
				  at interchanges of freeways of the state highway system within incorporated
				  cities and provided that the location or locations meets one or more of the
				  warrants for highway traffic signals contained in the current Texas Manual on
				  Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways and that the city
				  agrees to enter into an agreement setting forth the responsibilities of each
				  party.
(c) The department is
				  responsible for authorizing traffic signals to be installed at locations on the
				  state highway system other than freeways in incorporated cities of 50,000 or
				  more population (latest federal census), provided that the locations meet one
				  or more of the warrants for highway traffic signals contained in the current
				  Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways. The
				  cost of installation, operation, and maintenance of these signals is the
				  responsibility of the city, except that the department may provide for the
				  installation of traffic signals when the installation is financed in part with
				  federal-aid funds and the city agrees to enter into an agreement setting forth
				  the responsibilities of each party.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter A - GENERAL › Section 25.6 - Payment for and Erection of Signs (and Supplemental Flashing Beacons) by Others on State Highway Routes

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
All installations and changes to traffic control devices
					 along designated routes of the state highway system shall be at the expense of
					 the department except under the following conditions.
(1) When provisions of an agreement executed
				  with local jurisdictions delegate responsibilities for installation and/or
				  maintenance of the traffic control devices to others.
(2) When a particular device requested by
				  local officials within cities or individuals outside of incorporated cities is
				  not deemed necessary by the department for the regulation, warning, or guidance
				  of motorists, but the requested device could be installed in accordance with
				  the Texas Manual on Uniform Control Devices and without adverse effect on
				  motorist safety, the department may install said device at the expense of
				  others.
(3) When a guide sign
				  change is required on the main lanes of a freeway, the cost of the change may
				  be charged to others when the following conditions are satisfied:
(A) the facility on which the change is
				  requested has already been signed to interstate standards;
(B) the requested sign change involves the
				  addition of a name for a previously unnamed road or street, or a change in the
				  name of a city street or county road which resulted from the official action of
				  the city or county governing body;
(C) the requested change in name cannot be
				  accomplished within the available space on the existing sign or requires
				  changes in the sign support;
(D)
				  the requested sign changes are requested to be made prior to the time the
				  affected signs require maintenance replacement.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter A - GENERAL › Section 25.9 - Memorial Designated Highways and Historical Routes

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Purpose. Texas Transportation Code,
				  Chapter 225, provides for the memorial designation of roadways on the state
				  highway system. Subchapter A of that chapter authorizes local governmental
				  units, if approved by the department, to assign a memorial designation to a
				  part of the state highway system, and authorizes a county historical commission
				  to apply to the Texas Historical Commission and the department for the marking
				  with the historical designation of a farm-to-market or ranch road that follows
				  a historical route. This section prescribes the policies and procedures by
				  which memorial highways and historical routes are designated.
(b) Highways designated as memorial highways
				  in the statute. The department will design, construct, or erect a marker for a
				  memorial highway designated by statute only if all costs of designing,
				  constructing, and erecting the marker have been donated to the
				  department.
(c) Transportation
				  Commission. Texas Transportation Code, §
										225.001,
				  prohibits the Texas Transportation Commission from naming any road, bridge,
				  street, or highway on the state highway system other than by designating it
				  with the regular highway number.
(d) Local governments. Local governmental
				  units, such as a city or county, may submit a request to the department to
				  assign a memorial designation to any part or parts of the state highway system
				  within the local government's jurisdiction.
(1) The request to assign a memorial
				  designation to a part of a state highway must:
(A) be sent to the office of the local
				  department district in which the part to be designated is located;
				  and
(B) include:
(i) a description and location of the marker
				  or markers to be erected;
(ii) a
				  statement describing the nature and the objective of the designation,
				  including, if the designation is for a person, the historical significance of
				  the designee; and
(iii) a copy of
				  the order or resolution of the local government's governing body that provides
				  the memorial designation of the highway.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter A - GENERAL › Section 25.11 - Continuous and Safety Lighting Systems

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Purpose. This section describes the criteria governing the installation and
				  financing of continuous lighting and safety lighting systems on segments of the
				  state highway system.
(b)
				  Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this section, shall
				  have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Bikeway--A facility designed or
				  designated for use by bicycles.
(2)
				  Continuous lighting system--A system that provides uniform illumination of a
				  continuous section of a segment of the state highway system.
(3) Department--The Texas Department of
				  Transportation.
(4) District
				  engineer--The chief administrative officer for a district of the
				  department.
(5) Executive
				  director--The executive director of the department.
(6) Freeway--A divided highway with full
				  control of access.
(7) Functional
				  manual--The latest edition of the manual or manuals, published by the
				  department's traffic operations division, governing the installation,
				  maintenance, and operation of lighting systems.
(8) Highway--A road, bridge, or highway that
				  is a segment of the state highway system, and which may include a bikeway or
				  pedestrian way.
(9) Pedestrian
				  way--A facility designed for pedestrian use, such as a walkway, sidewalk, or
				  pedestrian bridge.
(10) Safety
				  lighting system--A system that provides safer and more efficient movement of
				  nighttime traffic at urban or rural interchanges, highway intersections, and
				  points of nighttime hazard on segments of the state highway system.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter B - PROCEDURES FOR ESTABLISHING SPEED ZONES › Section 25.20 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
					 indicates otherwise.
(1)
				  Commission--The Texas Transportation Commission.
(2) Department--The Texas Department of
				  Transportation.
(3) District--A
				  geographical area managed by a district engineer, in which the department
				  conducts its primary work activities.
(4) Environmental speed limit--A speed limit
				  created by the commission at the request of the Texas Commission on
				  Environmental Quality for the purposes of meeting federal air quality
				  standards.
(5) Farm-to-Market (FM)
				  or Ranch-to-Market (RM) road--A road shown in the records of the commission to
				  be a farm-to-market or ranch-to-market road.
(6) May--A permissive condition.
(7) Regional Mobility Authority--An authority
				  created under Transportation Code, Chapters 361 or 370, at the request of one
				  or more counties and authorized by the commission for the purpose of
				  constructing, maintaining, and operating transportation projects.
(8) Regional Tollway Authority--An authority
				  created under Transportation Code, Chapter 366, consisting of two or more
				  counties for the purpose of acquisition, design, financing, construction,
				  operation, and maintenance of a turnpike project or system.
(9) Shall--A mandatory condition.
(10) Should--Advisable but not mandatory;
				  however, any reason for not following the instruction shall be supported by
				  sound engineering judgment.
(11)
				  TCEQ--The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality which is the state air
				  pollution control agency and is the principal authority in the state of Texas
				  on matters relating to the quality of the state's air resources.
(12) Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
				  Devices (TMUTCD)--The manual, and any revisions, adopted by the commission as
				  required under Transportation Code, §
										544.001.
(13) Trial runs--A drive through the speed
				  zoned section of roadway at the chosen speeds to determine if the speeds are
				  appropriate for the area.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter B - PROCEDURES FOR ESTABLISHING SPEED ZONES › Section 25.21 - Introduction

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Overview.
(1) Purpose. This subchapter provides the
				  information and procedures necessary for establishing speed zones and advisory
				  speeds on the state highway system.
(2) Applicability. This subchapter is
				  intended for use by entities with authority to set speed zones. These
				  procedures shall be followed by the department, cities, and commanding officers
				  of the U.S. military reservations when establishing speed zones on the state
				  highway system. Regional tollway and regional mobility authorities shall follow
				  these procedures when establishing speed zones.
(3) Responsibilities.
(A) The department will:
(i) conduct engineering and traffic studies
				  associated with the establishment of speed zones and advisory speeds;
(ii) request cities to pass ordinances or
				  resolutions establishing speed zones when necessary; and
(iii) erect and maintain necessary speed
				  limit and advisory speed signs and notify local enforcement authorities upon
				  installation of the signs.
(B) Cities will:
(i) request that the district conduct
				  engineering and traffic studies associated with the establishment of speed
				  zones on the state highway system within the city limits or conduct the studies
				  themselves; and
(ii) upon approval
				  by the department, prepare and pass city ordinances or resolutions establishing
				  speed zones.
(C) A
				  commissioners court of a county by resolution may request, through the district
				  office, that the commission determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima
				  facie speed limit lower than that established by Transportation Code, §
												545.352,
				  on any part of a farm-to-market or a ranch-to-market road that is without
				  improved shoulders located in that county.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter B - PROCEDURES FOR ESTABLISHING SPEED ZONES › Section 25.22 - Regulatory and Advisory Speeds

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Application
				  of regulatory and advisory speeds.
(1)
				  Introduction.
(A) When an engineering and
				  traffic investigation shows that the statutory speed limits are no longer
				  applicable for the existing conditions, the prima facie maximum speed limits
				  should be altered accordingly with a speed zone.
(B) The types of speed zones are as follows:
(i) regulatory; and
(ii) advisory.
(C) Advisory speeds may be posted within
				  regulatory speed zones to advise drivers of a safe operating speed.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter B - PROCEDURES FOR ESTABLISHING SPEED ZONES › Section 25.23 - Speed Zone Studies

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Overview.
(1) Engineering and traffic investigation.
				  This section includes information concerning interim speed limits for a new or
				  reconstructed highway and a description of how to conduct an engineering and
				  traffic investigation as the basis for establishing a regulatory speed zone
				  along a roadway. This investigation is commonly called a speed zone
				  study.
(2) Interim speed limits for
				  new or reconstructed highways.
(A) An interim
				  speed limit for a new or reconstructed highway shall be determined and posted
				  before the highway is opened to traffic.
(B) To set an interim speed limit, a traffic
				  and engineering investigation will be conducted.
(C) The traffic and engineering investigation
				  will include a review of:
(i) the statutory
				  prima facie speed applicable to the highway;
(ii) the design speed applicable to the
				  highway; and
(iii) a trial run
				  speed study for the highway.
(D) To set an interim speed limit at a speed
				  that is less than the prima facie speed applicable to the highway, a commission
				  minute order or a city ordinance setting the interim speed limit is
				  required.
(E) Warning signs and
				  advisory speed signs may be used on a highway with an interim speed limit to
				  alert drivers to any hazards.
(F)
				  When traffic speeds have stabilized on the highway, an 85th percentile speed
				  study will be conducted under subsection (b) of this section. The interim speed
				  limit will be used on the highway until the maximum speed for the highway is
				  determined following the conclusion of that investigation.
(3) Scope of study.
(A) The speed zone study should cover the
				  entire length of a potential zone, even though an analysis of the data may
				  later indicate that the actual limits of the area that requires zoning are less
				  than the limits of the potential zone.
(B) A speed zone study consists of the
				  following principle areas:
(i) determining
				  the 85th percentile speed;
(ii)
				  crash study;
(iii) developing of
				  strip maps;
(iv) speed zone design;
				  and
(v) rechecks of speed
				  zones.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter B - PROCEDURES FOR ESTABLISHING SPEED ZONES › Section 25.24 - Speed Zone Approval

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) State highway
				  system. Speed zones on the state highway system and on turnpikes under the
				  department's authority, may be set by commission minute order or by the city,
				  depending on the circumstance.
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(b)
				  Regional Mobility Authorities. Speed zones on turnpikes under the control of a
				  Regional Mobility Authority (RMA) may be set by order of the RMA board or by a
				  city through which the turnpike passes.
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(c)
				  Regional Tollway Authorities. Speed zones on turnpikes under the control of a
				  Regional Tollway Authority (RTA) may be set by order of the RTA board or by a
				  city through which the turnpike passes.
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Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter B - PROCEDURES FOR ESTABLISHING SPEED ZONES › Section 25.25 - Application of Advisory Speeds

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Overview.
(1) Introduction. A discussion of the
				  following types of advisory speeds is included in this section:
(A) curves and turns;
(B) intersections;
(C) narrow and one-lane bridges;
(D) descending grades of six percent or
				  greater;
(E) dips; and
(F) exit ramps.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter B - PROCEDURES FOR ESTABLISHING SPEED ZONES › Section 25.26 - Provisional Traffic and Engineering Investigation Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) This section applies only to increasing
				  the speed limit within an existing speed zone from 70 miles per hour to 75
				  miles per hour, as authorized by the legislature.
(b) The speed zone study necessary for
				  increasing the speed limit from 70 to 75 miles per hour may, at the sole
				  discretion of the department, be limited to the determination of the 85th
				  percentile speed at one or more speed check locations within the established
				  speed zone. Because the boundaries of the speed zone have been established for
				  the 70 mile per hour zone, a strip map is not required for the
				  increase.
(c) The provisions of
				  this subchapter related to establishing a speed limit apply to an action under
				  this section unless such a provision conflicts with this section, in which
				  event this section controls to the extent of the conflict.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter B - PROCEDURES FOR ESTABLISHING SPEED ZONES › Section 25.28 - Reducing Speeds on Roadways with a Greater Than Average Crash Rate

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) This section applies only to decreasing
				  the speed limit within an existing speed zone on the state highway system if
				  the crash rate in the section of the roadway is greater than the statewide
				  average crash rate for similar roadways.
(b) The speed zone study that is necessary
				  for reducing the speed limit is limited to the determination of the 85th
				  percentile speed or trial run speed at one or more speed check locations within
				  the established speed zone and consideration of the following factors that are
				  applicable:
(1) narrow roadway
				  pavement;
(2) horizontal and
				  vertical curves;
(3) high driveway
				  density;
(4) lack of striped,
				  improved shoulders; and
(5) crash
				  history within the speed zone.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter C - CONGESTION MITIGATION FACILITIES › Section 25.40 - Purpose

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Transportation Code, Subchapter F, Chapter 224, authorizes
					 the Texas Department of Transportation (the department) to finance, design,
					 construct, operate, or maintain one or more lanes on a state highway facility
					 as high occupancy vehicle (HOV) or exclusive lanes and to charge a toll for
					 these lanes. The department may also enter into agreements with various
					 transportation entities for the design, construction, operation, and
					 maintenance of HOV and toll lanes. In order to support the construction of
					 infrastructure and traffic operation strategies designed to decrease traffic
					 congestion, improve air quality, improve safety, and enhance the use of
					 existing highways, this subchapter prescribes requirements for the designation,
					 funding, and operation of HOV lanes, toll lanes, and exclusive lanes on the
					 state highway system.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter C - CONGESTION MITIGATION FACILITIES › Section 25.42 - Development of HOV, Exclusive, and Toll Lanes

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Criteria. The department may expend funds
				  to perform studies and analyses of project alternatives that include the
				  development of an HOV (including a HOT lane), toll, or exclusive lane on the
				  state highway system for the purposes of congestion mitigation as described
				  under this subchapter. In performing studies and project planning, the
				  department will consider whether a potential HOV, toll, or exclusive lane will:
(1) maximize the effectiveness of existing
				  roadways;
(2) increase the number
				  of persons moved on a roadway;
(3)
				  improve transit operating efficiency;
(4) limit any negative effect on general
				  purpose lanes;
(5) provide
				  connectivity to or enhance the effectiveness of existing HOV, toll, or
				  exclusive lanes;
(6) enhance the
				  effectiveness of a conforming metropolitan transportation plan or
				  transportation improvement program for a metropolitan planning area that
				  includes a geographic area that is classified as nonattainment, near
				  nonattainment, or maintenance for air quality;
(7) enhance the effectiveness of an approved
				  congestion management plan for a geographic area that has been designated as a
				  transportation management area; and
(8) provide a more cost-effective alternative
				  to capacity improvements for a given corridor.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter C - CONGESTION MITIGATION FACILITIES › Section 25.43 - Operation of HOV and Toll Lanes

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Eligibility
				  requirements. The executive director, in cooperation with an HOV authority with
				  which the department contracts under this subchapter, will establish
				  eligibility requirements for vehicles authorized to use HOV lanes on the state
				  highway system, including eligible vehicle classes and occupancy requirements.
				  These requirements may be established based on the type and location of the
				  transportation facility and on the time of day. In establishing these
				  requirements, the executive director will consider:
(1) the level of service on the HOV
				  lanes;
(2) the level of service on
				  general purpose lanes that are part of the highway facility on which HOV lanes
				  are located or are proposed to be located;
(3) the consistency of the requirements with
				  eligibility requirements established for any connecting facilities;
(4) the availability of alternative routes
				  and the level of service on those routes;
(5) the effect of the requirements on transit
				  operating efficiency; and
(6) the
				  effect of the requirements on roadway safety and air quality.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter C - CONGESTION MITIGATION FACILITIES › Section 25.44 - Use of HOV Lanes by Motorcycles and Low-Emissions Vehicles

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The department may allow motorcycles and
				  low-emissions vehicles to use HOV lanes without meeting the minimum occupancy
				  requirements of the facility.
(b)
				  In determining whether to allow these vehicles to use an HOV lane or lanes
				  without meeting the minimum occupancy requirements, the department will
				  consider the ability of the HOV lane or lanes to absorb the additional traffic
				  volume without suffering adverse operational impacts.
(c) The department may suspend or rescind
				  this authorization if:
(1) the department
				  believes that the operation of the HOV lane or lanes has become, or is in
				  danger of becoming, seriously degraded; or
(2) the use of an HOV facility by these
				  vehicles without meeting the minimum occupancy requirement would jeopardize or
				  impair the state's ability to receive or use federal funds.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter C - CONGESTION MITIGATION FACILITIES › Section 25.45 - Exclusive Lanes

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The commission
				  by minute order may designate, and the department may finance, design,
				  construct, operate, or maintain an exclusive lane or lanes on a portion of the
				  state highway system.
(b) In
				  designating an exclusive lane, the commission must find that such a designation
				  will improve transportation safety, mobility, or air quality.
(c) Before designating an exclusive lane,
				  there must be:
(1) two or more lanes adjacent
				  to the proposed exclusive lane for the use of other vehicles; or
(2) a multi-lane facility adjacent to the
				  proposed exclusive lane for the use of other vehicles.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter C - CONGESTION MITIGATION FACILITIES › Section 25.46 - Traffic Control Devices

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The department
				  is responsible for the installation and maintenance of all official traffic
				  control devices necessary to implement and ensure compliance with lane
				  restrictions designated under this subchapter.
(b) If the department enters into a contract
				  with an entity to operate a toll lane under this subchapter, the department may
				  authorize the contracted entity to erect and maintain the necessary traffic
				  control devices.
(c) All traffic
				  control devices installed under this subchapter must be in compliance with the
				  Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
(d) Motorists are required to obey traffic
				  control devices installed under this subchapter as required under
				  Transportation Code, §
										544.004.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter C - CONGESTION MITIGATION FACILITIES › Section 25.47 - Police and Emergency Vehicles

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
A police or emergency vehicle as defined by Transportation
					 Code, §
										541.201, may use any
					 lane of the state highway system regardless of restrictions imposed under this
					 subchapter.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter D - BICYCLE ROAD USE › Section 25.50 - Purpose

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Transportation Code, §
										201.902,
					 requires the department to adopt rules regarding bicycle road use on the state
					 highway system. This subchapter prescribes the policies and procedures
					 governing enhancement of the state highway system for bicycle
					 use.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter D - BICYCLE ROAD USE › Section 25.51 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
					 indicates otherwise.
(1) Bicycle
				  Advisory Committee--The committee, established under §
										1.85
				  of this title (relating to department advisory committees), that advises the
				  commission concerning bicycle issues.
(2) Department--The Texas Department of
				  Transportation.
(3) District--One
				  of 25 geographical areas, managed by a district engineer, in which the
				  department conducts its primary work activities.
(4) District bicycle coordinator--A person
				  designated by the department to coordinate highway projects and policies of the
				  department that might affect bicycle use on the state highway system at the
				  district level.
(5) District
				  Engineer--The chief administrative officer in charge of a district of the
				  department.
(6) State bicycle
				  coordinator--A person designated by the department to coordinate highway
				  projects and policies of the department that might affect bicycle use on the
				  state highway system at the state level.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter D - BICYCLE ROAD USE › Section 25.52 - State and District Bicycle Coordinators

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  The state bicycle coordinator will:
(1)
				  coordinate the consideration and integration of bicycling into the development
				  or revision of regular, routine operating policies, plans and programs of the
				  department;
(2) identify the needs
				  and concerns of bicyclists by operating as a central contact for
				  bicyclists;
(3) represent the
				  department on bicycle issues at the state and national level to the Federal
				  Highway Administration, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and other
				  states;
(4) receive and respond to
				  letters, telephone calls, requests, inquiries, and visits from people
				  concerning a wide variety of bicycle related issues; and
(5) act as the department liaison with the
				  Bicycle Advisory Committee.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter D - BICYCLE ROAD USE › Section 25.53 - Bicycle Use on the State Highways

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The department will commence consideration of bicycle use
					 on the state highway system by:
(1)
				  seeking comments on policies and certain highway improvement projects from the
				  Bicycle Advisory Committee;
(2)
				  taking bicycle accommodation into consideration during the planning and
				  implementation of all construction and rehabilitation projects; and
(3) compiling research related to bicycle
				  hazards, and developing guidelines for prioritizing maintenance that takes
				  these hazards into consideration.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter D - BICYCLE ROAD USE › Section 25.54 - Design, Construction, and Maintenance Standards

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The department adopts the latest version
				  of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
				  "Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities."
(b) The department will continue to review
				  guidelines for design, construction, and maintenance of bicycle facilities with
				  the intent to adopt new guidelines as appropriate.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter D - BICYCLE ROAD USE › Section 25.55 - Comment Solicitation on Bicycle Road Use

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Public Hearing.
(1) Opportunity for a hearing. The department
				  will annually provide an opportunity for a public hearing on:
(A) use of the state highway system for
				  bicycle events; and
(B) department
				  policies affecting bicycle use of the state highway system.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter F - HAZARDOUS MATERIAL ROUTING DESIGNATIONS › Section 25.101 - Purpose

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Transportation Code, §
										644.201
					 designates the department as the state routing agency for non-radioactive
					 hazardous materials (NRHM), in accordance with Title 49, Code of Federal
					 Regulations, Part 397, Subpart C. Effective January 1, 1998, the department is
					 required to approve all new NRHM routing designations or revisions to routing
					 designations established prior to January 1, 1998 by the Texas Department of
					 Public Safety.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter F - HAZARDOUS MATERIAL ROUTING DESIGNATIONS › Section 25.102 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
					 indicates otherwise:
(1) Commercial
				  motor vehicle--Any vehicle used on the highways in the transportation of
				  hazardous materials in commerce, in a quantity requiring placarding under
				  regulations issued under the federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
				  (Title 49, United States Code, §5101 et seq.)
(2) Commission--The Texas Transportation
				  Commission.
(3) Department--The
				  Texas Department of Transportation.
(4) District--One of the 25 geographical
				  areas, managed by a district engineer, in which the department conducts its
				  primary work activities.
(5)
				  Executive Director--The Executive Director of the Texas Department of
				  Transportation.
(6) Hazardous
				  material--A substance or material, including a hazardous substance, which has
				  been determined by the United States Secretary of Transportation, pursuant to
				  the Hazardous Materials Regulations contained in Title 49, Code of Federal
				  Regulations, Chapter I, Subchapter C, to be capable of posing an unreasonable
				  risk to health, safety, or property when transported in commerce, and which has
				  been so designated.
(7) Highway
				  route--Any road or highway open to the public.
(8) Non-Radioactive Hazardous Materials
				  (NRHM)--A non-radioactive hazardous material transported by a motor vehicle in
				  types and quantities which require placarding, pursuant to Table 1 or 2 of
				  Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations §172.504.
(9) Political subdivision--A county,
				  municipality, local board, authority or commission, or public corporation,
				  established under the laws of the state of Texas, that has the authority to
				  construct and maintain a public road or highway.
(10) Routing designation--Any regulation,
				  limitation, restriction, curfew, time of travel restriction, lane restriction,
				  routing ban, port-of-entry designation, or route weight restriction, applicable
				  to the highway transportation of NRHM over a specific highway route or portion
				  of a route.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter G - INFORMATION LOGO SIGN AND TOURIST-ORIENTED DIRECTIONAL SIGN PROGRAM › Section 25.400 - Purpose

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Transportation Code, §
										391.091
					 and § 391.099, requires the department to contract with a person, firm,
					 group, or association in the State of Texas to erect and maintain information
					 logo and tourist-oriented directional signs within eligible highway rights of
					 way. It further requires the commission to adopt rules necessary to administer
					 and enforce this signing program, and to regulate the content, composition,
					 placement, erection, and maintenance of these signs within eligible highway
					 rights of way. The sections in this subchapter prescribe the policies and
					 procedures for the implementation of this program.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 25 - TRAFFIC OPERATIONS › Subchapter G - INFORMATION LOGO SIGN AND TOURIST-ORIENTED DIRECTIONAL SIGN PROGRAM › Section 25.401 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
					 indicates otherwise.
(1) Business
				  logo--A separate sign panel of specified dimensions attached to a specific
				  information logo sign assembly and containing the commercial establishment
				  name, symbol, brand, trademark, or combination.
(2) Commercial establishment--A privately
				  owned business or corporation offering one or more of the primary motorist
				  services.
(3) Commission--The Texas
				  Transportation Commission.
(4)
				  Contractor--A person, firm, group, or association in the State of Texas that
				  acts as the authorized agent of the department in the operation of the specific
				  information logo or the tourist-oriented directional (TOD) sign
				  program.
(5) Department--The Texas
				  Department of Transportation.
(6)
				  Driveway access--A vehicle entrance, built in compliance with state and local
				  standards and regulations, for use by the public providing access from a public
				  street or highway to a commercial establishment or major shopping
				  area.
(7) Eligible highway--
(A) for information logo signs, a controlled
				  access highway on the designated state highway system; or
(B) for TOD signs and participating
				  facilities, a non-controlled access highway located on the designated state
				  highway system outside the corporate limits of a municipality with a population
				  of 5,000 or more.