New York State Department of Transportation



| |2009 Section |2003 Section |Description of Change |Type of Change |Comments |

|2 |Intro |Intro |When a noncompliant device is replaced, it shall be replaced with a compliant device. |Standard |State Law allows for use of a noncompliant device if it's on |

| | | | | |hand or on order, up to the specified compliance date. This |

| | | | | |exemption should be used with care, as it could result in a |

| | | | | |loss of funds on a Federal-aid project. It's advised to |

| | | | | |always try to place devices that conform to the current |

| | | | | |MUTCD. |

|3 |1A.12 |1A.12 |Adds purple as the color for electronic toll collection on toll facilities. |Standard |  |

|4 |1A.13 |1A.13 |Standards "shall not be modified or compromised by engineering judgment or an engineering study." |Standard |  |

|5 |1A.13 |1A.13 |(94)(b) The junction of an alley or driveway with a highway is an intersection if the highway is |Standard |  |

| | | |controlled by a TCD. | | |

|6 |1A.15 |1A.14 |New tables of acceptable/unacceptable abbreviations for signs and VMS. |Standard |  |

|7 |2A.06 |2A.06 |Requires that pictographs only be used in certain ways. |Standard |  |

|8 |2A.11 |2A.12 |Recommends that when larger sign sizes are used, that auxiliary plaque sizes be increased |Guidance |  |

| | | |proportionally. | | |

|9 |2A.12 |2A.13 |Requires that symbols on one type of sign cannot be used on another type of sign unless specified |Standard |  |

| | | |otherwise. | | |

|10 |2A.13 |2A.14 |Requires that fractions be displayed in a certain way. |Standard |  |

|11 |2A.13 |2A.14 |Reduces legibility distance to 30' per inch of letter height (used to be 40'). |Guidance |  |

|12 |2A.13 |2A.14 |Requires that all street names, place names, highway names be in mixed-case lettering. |Standard |  |

|13 |2A.13 |2A.14 |Recommends that text not contain periods, apostrophes, ampersands, question marks, etc., and solidus |Guidance |  |

| | | |should only be used with fractions. | | |

|14 |2A.15 | |New Section - Provides methods of enhancing sign conspicuity. |Option | Supplement will disallow Method “C.” |

|15 |2B.03 |2B.03 |Establishes minimum sizes for signs on multi-lane conventional roads with speeds > 35 (see Table 2B-1). |Standard |  |

|16 |2B.03 |2B.03 |Requires that stop signs on side road approaches to multi-lane roads with speeds >= 45 be minimum |Standard |  |

| | | |36x36". | | |

|17 |2B.03 |2B.03 |Where regulatory signs (other than STOP) are mounted both left and right on a multilane roadway, may use|Option |Supplement will disallow this option. |

| | | |single-lane size for both. | | |

|18 |2B.03 |2B.03 |Recommends that regulatory signs on freeway and expressway ramps be same size as for main line. |Guidance |  |

|19 |2B.04 | |New Section - New guidance on how to determine appropriate intersection control. |Guidance | |

|20 |2B.04 | |New Section - New Standard limiting use of temporary portable or folding STOP signs at a traffic signal |Standard |  |

| | | |during a power outage. | | |

|21 |2B.05 |2B.04 |New signs - TRAFFIC FROM RIGHT/LEFT DOES NOT STOP (W4-4aP, W4-4bP). |Guidance |  |

|22 |2B.05 |2B.04 |New sign - EXCEPT RIGHT TURN (R1-10P). |Option |Supplement will prohibit the use of this sign. |

|23 |2B.06 |2B.06 |New Guidance for when to use a STOP sign. |Guidance |Supplement will add new figure to help decide between STOP & |

| | | | | |YIELD sign. |

|24 |2B.09 |2B.09 |Revises Option for when a YIELD sign may be installed. |Option |Supplement will add new figure to help decide between STOP & |

| | | | | |YIELD sign. |

|25 |2B.10 |2B.10 |Changes Standard to Guidance the use of an additional YIELD sign on left side of multi-lane roundabout |Guidance |  |

| | | |approach. | | |

|26 |2B.10 |2B.10 |Prohibits mounting 2 STOP signs or 2 YIELD signs on the same supports. |Standard |  |

|27 |2B.10 |2B.10 |Allows installation of additional STOP or YIELD sign overhead for emphasis. |Option |  |

|28 |2B.11 |2B.11 |Requires use of "yield/stop here for peds" at multi-lane uncontrolled x-walks with yield / stop lines |Standard |Supplement will disallow STOP HERE FOR PEDS signs (R1-5b, |

| | | |("stop for" signs are new R1-5b, R1-5c) | |R1-5c). |

|29 |2B.11 |2B.11 |Allows use of "yield/stop here for peds" at multi-lane uncontrolled x-walks without yield / stop lines |Option |  |

|30 |2B.11 |2B.11 |Prohibits installation of Yield / Stop Here for Peds sign on same post as Pedestrian Crossing sign |Standard |  |

|31 |2B.12 |2B.12 |Requires that In-Street pedestrian Crossing signs not on raised islands must bounce back when struck |Standard |  |

|32 |2B.12 |2B.12 |Allows new overhead "yield to / stop for peds" signs (R1-9 yield, R1-9a stop) |Option |Supplement will disallow STOP HERE FOR PEDS (R1-9a). |

|33 |2B.12 |2B.12 |New Standard with allowable locations for In-Street and overhead pedestrian signs (AT crosswalk, not in |Standard |  |

| | | |advance or for general education) | | |

|34 |2B.12 |2B.12 |Requires height of In-Street Pedestrian Crossing signs be max 4' to top of sign (sign panel is 3' high) |Standard |  |

|35 |2B.12 |2B.12 |Requires Y or FYG sheeting for in-street and overhead "yield to / stop for ped" sign |Standard |Supplement will not restrict choice, but NYSDOT may do so via|

| | | | | |its own specs. |

|36 |2B.13 |2B.13 |Recommend that W3-5 "Reduced Speed" signs be installed when > 10mph change, or where engineering |Guidance | R2-5aP, R2-5bP, R2-5cP, and R2-5P plaques will be |

| | | |judgment indicates for lower speed reductions | |disallowed. |

| | | | | | |

| | | | | |Supplement clarifies that, where a Speed Limit sign and a |

| | | | | |Municipal Boundary sign conflict, the Municipal Boundary sign|

| | | | | |should be moved, not the Speed Limit sign. |

|37 |2B.17 |2B.17 |Requires installation of a "fines higher" sign or plaque in a zone with higher fines, and an END HIGHER |Standard |Supplement clarifies that these signs/plaque can only be used|

| | | |FINES ZONE sign (eg - school zones) (R2-6aP, R2-6bP, R2-10, R2-11) | |with schools when a school speed limit is in effect. |

|38 |2B.18 |2B.19 |New "No Straight Through" graphic sign (R3-27) |Standard |  |

|39 |2B.18 |2B.19 |Allows new "No U / Left Turn" sign (R3-18) |Option |  |

|40 |2B.18 |2B.19 |Prohibit use of "No Left", "No U", "No U / Left" on approaches to roundabouts |Standard |  |

|41 |2B.19 |2B.20 |Recommend OH lane use signs at intersection and on approaches to complex signalized intersections (eg: |Guidance |  |

| | | |trap lanes, shared lanes for thru + turn) | | |

|42 |2B.19 |2B.20 |Allows "arrow around the dot" signs for roundabouts, "dot" is optional for left-most lane |Option |The use of the dot for the left-most lane will be the NYS |

| | | | | |standard. |

|43 |2B.20 |2B.21 |Allows new "BEGIN RIGHT / LEFT TURN LANE" sign at begin of taper creating turn lane (R3-20R, R3-20L) |Option |  |

|44 |2B.20 |2B.21 |Requires "mandatory movement" signs (if used) to be OH if >=3 through lanes on approach |Standard |  |

|45 |2B.20 |2B.21 |Clarifies use of R3-7 LEFT LANE MUST TURN LEFT and RIGHT LANE MUST TURN RIGHT signs as post-mount and |Guidance |  |

| | | |along full-width of lane | | |

|46 |2B.21 |2B.22 |Requires "optional movement" signs (if used) to be OH if >=3 through lanes on approach |Standard |  |

|47 |2B.22 |2B.23 |Requires R3-8 Advance Lane Use signs be post-mounted not OH, if >= 3 approach lanes |Standard |  |

|48 |2B.23 | |New Section - Allows new signs RIGHT / LEFT LANE MUST EXIT (R3-33) post-mounted to supplement OH "EXIT |Option |  |

| | | |ONLY" signs | | |

|49 |2B.27 | |New Section - New Jughandle signs (R3-24, R3-25, R3-26) to be mounted below conventional guide signs |Standard |  |

|50 |2B.30 |2B.31 |Allows new sign "KEEP RIGHT EXCEPT TO PASS" (R4-16) |Option |As this is not State Law, Supplement will clarify that this |

| | | | | |sign, and the SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT sign, may only be |

| | | | | |used in conjunction with an order/regulation requiring such |

| | | | | |movements. |

|51 |2B.32 |2B.33 |Allows new sign - narrow "keep right/left of obstruction" (R4-7c, R4-8c) for use on medians < 4' wide |Option |  |

|52 |2B.33 | |New Section - "STAY IN LANE" sign (R4-9) should be accompanied by double solid white lane line |Option, Guidance |  |

|53 |2B.34 | |New Section - "RUNAWAY VEHICLES ONLY" sign (R4-10) for use at truck escape ramps |Guidance |  |

|53a |2B.35 | |New Section – Slow Vehicle Turn-Out signs |Option |This section will be deleted, as it is not supported by NYS |

| | | | | |Law. |

|54 |2B.36 | |New Section - new signs "DO NOT DRIVE / PASS ON SHOULDER" (R4-17, R4-18) (Duplicates NYR9-9) |Option |Current State Law signs will be retained & supersede National|

| | | | | |versions. |

|55 |2B.39 |2B.36 |Revised sign text - changed "prohibited" and "excluded" to "NO" for exclusion signs |Standard |  |

|56 |2B.39 |2B.36 |Allows new "AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY" signs R5-11 for use at median openings and other locations |Option |  |

|57 |2B.39 |2B.36 |Allows new NO skaters (R9-13), NO equestrians (R9-14) graphic signs |Option |  |

|58 |2B.40 |2B.37 |Requires use of ONE WAY signs at divided highways with medians > 30' (was Guidance, now a Standard) |Standard |  |

|59 |2B.40 |2B.37 |Requires use of ONE WAY signs and Keep Right signs at divided highways with medians < 30' (was Guidance,|Standard |  |

| | | |now a Standard) | | |

|60 |2B.40 |2B.37 |New Standard for location of ONE WAY signs at unsignalized and signalized T intersections |Standard |  |

|61 |2B.40 |2B.37 |Allows ONE WAY signs on island of roundabout with or instead of roundabout directional arrow (R6-4), at |Option |Supplement will discourage the use of a ONE WAY sign on the |

| | | |4' min mounting height | |central island. |

|62 |2B.40 |2B.37 |Allows new signs BEGIN ONE WAY (R6-6) and END ONE WAY (R6-7) |Option |  |

|63 |2B.41 |2B.50 |New Section - Wrong Way Traffic Control at Interchange Ramps - allow DO NOT ENTER and WRONG WAY signs to|Option |  |

| | | |be mounted at 3' under certain conditions | | |

|64 |2B.42 |2B.38 |Requires Divided Highway sign on near right corner (mounted below STOP or YIELD sign) at unsignalized |Standard |  |

| | | |intersection with divided highway with median > 30' where both left and right turns are allowed (was an| | |

| | | |Option, now a Standard) | | |

|65 |2B.42 |2B.38 |Allows Divided Highway sign on left side to supplement right-side sign |Option |  |

|66 |2B.42 |2B.38 |Allows Divided Highway sign on side road to be omitted where divided highway median > 30', AADT 32" above ground | | |

|303 |6F.63 |6F.58 |Recommendations on using channelizing devices for peds |Guidance |  |

|304 |6F.72 | |New Section - Temporary Lane Separators | |  |

|305 |6F.78 |6F.72 |Changed Option for using signs and no markings from 3 days to 14 days |Guidance |619 Specs will keep the 3 day maximum . |

|306 |6F.84 |6F.80 |Requires preemption of signal when located within 200 ft. of rail grade X-ing |Standard |  |

|307 |6F.85 |6F.81 |Redefined movable barriers and now references 2 typicals in Section 6H |Support |  |

|308 |6F.87 |6F.84 |Allows transverse Rumble strips to be black or orange in addition to white and "the color of the |Standard |  |

| | | |pavement" | | |

|309 |6G.06 |6G.06 |Sign numbers added. Allows MOWING AHEAD (W21-8) sign for mowing operations (replaces NYW8-44); Allows |Option |NYW8-44 and NYW 8-34 will be removed from Supplement |

| | | |SLOW MOVING VEHICLE (W21-4) sign for use on construction vehicles (replaces NYW8-34) | | |

|310 |Figure 6H-7 |Figure 6H-7 |ROAD CLOSED sign removed from drawing; clarification of Standard |Standard |  |

|311 |Figure 6H-36 |Figure 6H-36 |STAY IN LANE sign removed from drawing; additional standards, guidance and options; changes to Options | |STAY IN LANE sign will be removed from Standard Sheet 619-65.|

| | | |and Guidance | | |

|312 |7B.07 |7B.07 |Requires all School signs to be fluorescent yellow-green |Standard |  |

|313 |7B.09 | |New Section - Require use of "school zone" (S1-1 with S4-7P or S4-3P) and END SCHOOL ZONE (S5-2) signs ,|Standard, Option |Supplement will contain figure showing implementation in NY |

| | | |if "school zone" is defined in State or Local Law | | |

|314 |7B.10 | |New Section - Requires "begin / end higher fines zone" (R2-10, R2-6P, R2-6aP, R2-11) signs, where higher|Standard, Option |Supplement clarifies that these signs/plaque can only be used|

| | | |fines are imposed by state or local law | |with schools when a school speed limit is in effect |

|315 |7B.12 |7B.09 |New options for in-street school crossing (R1-6b, R1-6c) and overhead school crossing (R1-9a) signs |Standard, Option |Supplement will disallow STOP versions (R1-6c, R1-9a) |

|316 |7B.13 |7B.10 |Revises criteria for placement of SCHOOL BUS STOP AHEAD (S3-1) sign |Guidance |  |

|317 |7B.13 |7B.10 |School Bus Stop Ahead (S3-1) sign is now a graphic sign |Standard |  |

|318 |7B.14 | |New Section - Allows new School Bus Turn Ahead (S3-2) sign |Option |  |

|319 |7B.15 |7B.11 |Requires School sign (S1-1) in advance of first School Speed Limit assembly |Standard |  |

|320 |7B.15 |7B.11 |Requires "fines higher" (R2-10, R2-6P, R2-6aP, R2-11) signs where increased fines are imposed in school |Standard |Supplement clarifies that these signs/plaque can only be used|

| | | |speed zones | |with schools when a school speed limit is in effect |

|321 |7B.15 |7B.11 |Requires "end school speed limit" (S5-3) (or "end school zone" (S5-2)) sign at end of school speed limit|Standard, Option |  |

|322 |7B.15 |7B.11 |Allows speed limit sign for normal speed limit be mounted on same posts above "end school speed limit" |Option |  |

| | | |or "end school zone" sign. Speed Limit sign for normal limit is required at this location, see 2B.13 | | |

| | | |paragraph 04 | | |

|323 |7B.15 |7B.11 |Requires FYG pixels in changeable message signs for school speed limits |Standard |  |

|324 |7B.16 |7B.12 |Recommends School Speed Limit Ahead warning sign where speed drops by > 10mph, elsewhere when |Guidance |  |

| | | |engineering judgment indicates (was Option, now Guidance) | | |

|325 |8B.04 |8B.08 |Requires passive (= no lights, no gates) grade crossings have Crossbuck sign and a YIELD or STOP sign | |  |

| | | |(and # tracks sign if more than one set of tracks) Allow YIELD or STOP sign to be mounted separately | | |

| | | |from Crossbuck | | |

|326 |8B.04 |8B.08 |The YIELD or STOP sign is considered part of the Crossbuck assembly whether it is mounted with the | |  |

| | | |Crossbuck or separately | | |

|327 |8B.04 |8B.04 |Requires STOP sign at a passive grade crossing be justified by an engineering study, not just |Standard |  |

| | | |engineering judgment | | |

|328 |8B.04 |8B.04 |Requires left-side mounted Crossbuck where restricted sight distance or unfavorable highway geometry |Standard |  |

| | | |exists on approach to grade crossing; Required on one-way multi-lane approach | | |

|329 |8B.04 |8B.04 |New requirements for vertical strip of white retroreflective material on Crossbuck supports at passive |Standard, Option |  |

| | | |crossings | | |

|329a |8B.10 |8B.09 |Use of TRACKS OUT OF SERVICE sign requires removal of crossbuck |Standard |Old Supplement had sign installed with crossbuck |

|330 |8B.22 |8B.15 |Eliminate NO SIGNAL (W10-10) sign | |  |

|331 |8B.27 |8B.20, 10C.23|Can only omit RR pavement markings where speed is < 40 and an engineering study shows that other |Standard |  |

| | | |installed devices provide suitable warning and control | | |

|332 |8B.28 |8B.21, 10C.24|Requires stop lines at all active grade crossings on paved roads |Standard |  |

|333 |8C.03 |10D.02 |Requires audible signal where flashing-light signals are used at LRT grade crossings where non-motorized|Standard |  |

| | | |users are present | | |

|334 |8C.04 |8D.04 |Requires gate arms have vertical alternating red and white stripes |Standard |  |

|334a |8C.09 |8D.09 |Train approach signal size changed from 8” to 12”. |Standard | |

|335 |8C.12 | |New Section - Grade Crossings Within or In Close Proximity to Circular Intersections, requires an |Standard |  |

| | | |engineering study if intersection is within 200' of grade crossing to determine impacts of queued | | |

| | | |traffic on crossing | | |

|336 |8D | |New Chapter Pathway Grade Crossings | |  |

|337 |9B.01 |9B.01 |Required lateral offset for signs on shared-use paths revised from "min 3' to max 6' " to "min 2', no |Standard |  |

| | | |max"; vertical clearance = 8' min; mounting height >= 4' above path elevation | | |

|338 |9B.04 |9B.04 |Bike Lane sign use is no longer a Standard or even guidance; text reads "if used" - BIKE LANE (R3-17), |Standard, Guidance|Supplement will require use of Bike Lane signs. (same as |

| | | |BEGIN (R3-17aP), END (R3-17bP) | |previous State MUTCD) |

|339 |9B.06 | |New Section - new Bicycles May use Full Lane (R4-11) sign |Option |Supplement will prohibit the use of this sign, as it does not|

| | | | | |correctly reflect NYS law. |

|340 |9B.09 |9B.08 |New graphic signs - "no skaters" (R9-13), "no equestrians" (R9-14) |Option |  |

|341 |9B.11 |9B.09 |Change in design of PUSH BUTTON FOR GREEN LIGHT signs (R10-4, R10-24, R10-26) |Option |  |

|342 |9B.18 |9B.17 |New Trail Crossing (W11-15) sign and plaque (W11-15P) |Option |Supplement will not restrict choice, but NYSDOT may do so via|

| | | | | |its own specs. |

|343 |9B.20 |9B.19 |New bicycle guide signs (D1-1b, D1-1c, D1-2b, D1-2c, D1-3b, D1-3c, D11-1, D11-1c) |Option | Supplement will prohibit use of signs for bikes on |

| | | | | |facilities including vehicles. |

|344 |9B.24 | |New Section - Reference Location Signs and Intermediate Reference Location Signs - Allowed on Shared-Use|Option |  |

| | | |paths | | |

|345 |9B.25 | |New Section - Mode-Specific Guide Signs for Shared-Use Paths (D11-1a, D11-2, D11-3, D11-4) |Option |  |

|346 |9C.04 |9C.04 |Requires longitudinal pavement markings to define bicycle lanes (was Guidance, now Standard) |Standard |  |

|347 |9C.07 |9C.07 |New Section - Shared Lane Markings ("sharrows") |Option, Guidance |  |

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