Office of Traffic Engineering

What's New?

July 18, 2008- TEM, SCD,  PIS and SDM Revisions

Revisions were made to the Traffic Engineering Manual, Standard Construction Drawings and the Plan Insert Sheets. Revisions will be made to the Sign Design Manual.

April 18, 2008- TEM, and, PIS Revisions

Revisions were made to the Traffic Engineering Manual, and the Plan Insert Sheets.

January 18, 2008- TEM, SCD, PIS and SDM Revisions

Revisions were made to the Traffic Engineering Manual, the Standard Construction Drawings, the Plan Insert Sheets and the Sign Design Manual.

October 19, 2007- TEM, SCD, PIS and SDM Revisions

Revisions were made to the Traffic Engineering Manual, the Standard Construction Drawings, the Plan Insert Sheets and the Sign Design Manual.

August 10, 2007-Recall

 There has been a recall notice issued by Eberle Design Inc. for their Shelf-mounted NEMA type Conflict Monitor. Click here for details.

July  20, 2007-TEM, PIS and SDM Revisions

Revisions were made to Plan Insert Sheets (PIS), the Traffic Engineering Manual (TEM), and Sign Design Manual (SDM)

May 8, 2007-Pocket Guide for Work Zone Traffic Control

The on-line version was added. 

April 20, 2007-TEM, PIS and SDM Revisions

Revisions were made to Plan Insert Sheets (PIS), the Traffic Engineering Manual (TEM), and Sign Design Manual (SDM)

January 27, 2007-TEM, SDM,  PIS and SCD Revisions-

Revisions made to PIS, SCD, SDM and TEM

November 27, 2006

Updated all Plan Insert Sheets to Microstation V8 format.

October 2006- TEM, SCD and SDM

Changes were made to three SCD . The Traffic Engineering Manual (TEM) and the Sign Design Manual (SDM) were revised

September 2006- TEM, SCD and PIS

Fourteen work zone related Standard Construction Drawings (SCDs) were revised or added.  Changes to the Plan Insert Sheets and to the Traffic Engineering Manual were made to reflect the revised SCDs.

July 2006- TEM and SDM

The Traffic Engineering Manual (TEM) and the Sign Design Manual (SDM) were revised

April, 2006- TEM, SDM,  PIS and SCD Revisions-

Standard Construction Drawing (SCD) MT-101.60 was deleted and PISs 203020, 207560, 209930, 209931 and 20101.60 were revised or created. Changes were made to Traffic Engineering Manual (TEM) Chapters and to the Warning sign chapter of the SDM.

January, 2006- TEM and SDM Revisions

The Traffic Engineering Manual (TEM) and the Sign Design Manual (SDM) were revised to to comply with the December revision of the OMUTCD 2005 Edition.

December, 2005 -- OMUTCD 2005 Edition.

The 2005 Edition of the OMUTCD was published, bringing the Ohio manual into conformance with the 2003 Edition of the national Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. There was a delay in delivery of the manuals, but initial distribution is expected to be complete by mid-January.

May 28, 2005 -- MUTCD Interim Approvals.

The 2003 Edition of the MUTCD includes a new provision in authorizing the Federal Highway Administration to issue  "Interim Approvals." These approvals allow the "interim use, pending official rulemaking,  of a new traffic control device, a revision to the application or manner of use of an existing traffic control device, or a provision not specifically described in the MUTCD."  The Interim Approvals are based on the results of successful experimentation, studies, or research, and an intention to place the new or revised device into a future rulemaking process for MUTCD revisions. Further information about these approvals is available from our MUTCD Information page.

May 27, 2005 -- OMUTCD Revision.

The Federal Highway Administration issued the 2003 Edition of the national Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) in November, with an effective date of December 22, 2003. We are currently working on an update of the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (OMUTCD) to address the changes in the national manual.

Multi-jurisdictional advisory committees reviewed the changes in the national manual in the latter part of last year, and made recommendations regarding changes for the OMUTCD. The final draft of the 2005 revision of the OMUTCD is expected to be ready send to the printer by late Summer and is scheduled for publication in  December 2005.

April 15, 2005 --  TEM, SDM and SCD Revisions.

Revisions of the Traffic Engineering Manual (TEM) and Sign Design Manual (SDM) were issued April 15, 2005. Also, two Standard Construction Drawings were rescinded and two new Plan Insert Sheets were issued. Please see the Traffic Latest Publications Revision page for details.

April 5, 2005 -- OTE Reorganization.

We're glad to welcome Marian Thompson, P.E. to the staff of the Office of Traffic Engineering. She has worked for the Texas DOT, the Arizona DOT, and most recently, ME Consultants in Columbus. Her experience, especially with Freeway Management Systems, will be a valuable asset to the Department and this Office.

As of this date, the Office of Traffic Engineering has been reorganized to create a new Freeway Operations Section, which Ms. Thompson will supervisor.  Also, the Standards Section has been moved to be part of the Traffic Control Section, under Homer Suter, and the Work Zone and Safety / Operations Sections have been combined under Mohammad Khan as the Work Zone & Safety Analysis Section. For more information click here.