I’m presenting “Transportation Engineering Tools for City Engineers” with Marc Culver (Roseville, MN City Engineer) this afternoon at the City Engineers Association of Minnesota annual meeting.  Here are some links we’ve put together for city engineers when they need to dive deeper into a specific topic.  Anything to add?
Very Helpful Resource for many of these topics, includes links to Best Practices for Peds and Bike Safety, Safety Strategies Best Practices and Policies, and Traffic Safety Fundamental Handbook: Â http://www.dot.state.mn.us/stateaid/trafficsafety.html
Traffic Signals – Intersection Control
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/trafficeng/safety/ice/index.html
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roundabouts/
Pedestrian Crossing Resources:
FHWA-RD-01-075: Safety Effects of Marked vs. Unmarked Crosswalks at Uncontrolled Locations
http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/19000/19000/19031/PB2002104240.pdf
Mn/DOT Webpage on Pedestrians Issues
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/peds/
Mn/DOT Guidance for Installation of Pedestrian Crosswalks on MinnesotaState Highways
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/trafficeng/files/ped_guide.pdf
City of Edina Traffic Signs website including a Public Service Announcement video:
http://legacy.ci.edina.mn.us/Traffic/L4-19_TrafficSigns.htm
In Street Ped Crossing Sign Policy
http://legacy.ci.edina.mn.us/PDFs/2005%20in-street%20ped%20xwalk%20sign.pdf
Stop Signs:
City of Richfield Stop Sign Policy
http://71.6.142.67/revize/cityofrichfield/PublicWorks/stopsigns.htm
Traffic Calming:
City of Bloomington Traffic Calming Plan:
http://www.ci.bloomington.mn.us/cityhall/council/cpolicy/calmingdoc.pdf
City of Mankato:
http://www.mankato-mn.gov/upload/images/FeaturedArticles/Traffic%20Calming%20Program%20Guide.pdf
http://www.pps.org/reference/livememtraffic/
Great, comprehensive website detailing options:
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Speed Limits:
Mn/DOT Speed Limits Resources Page
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/speed/
Traffic Signals:
NTOC National Traffic Signal Report Card
http://www.ite.org/reportcard/
FHWA Report on Recommended Traffic Signal Maintenance:
http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop09006/fhwahop09006.pdf
Travel Demand Management:
Mike Spack’s report on the effectiveness of TDM Plans
Site Plan Review:
Mike Spack Checklist – Included in free Toolkit
School Safety:
FHWA Website Related to Safe Routes to School
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/safe_routes_to_school/overview/
MnDOT Website Related to Safe Routes to School
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/saferoutes/
Mike Spack Guide for School Related Traffic Issues
http://spackconsulting.com/docs/traffic_safety_plans_for_schools.pdf
SafeRoutes.org – Great website covering the topic