APBP submitted comments on the recent notice of proposed amendments for the MUTCD requesting that FHWA reframe and rewrite the MUTCD to create a document that supports safe systems design. 

APBP asks that the administration make changes based on comments provided and carefully consider whether the proposed standards and guidance in the proposed MUTCD will significantly address the public health crisis of traffic violence in our communities. Our consensus is that this revision will not result in the significant changes needed. The MUTCD has prioritized motor vehicles for over 50 years and it will take a significant amount of effort to overcome the inequities created by those actions. To enable government agencies to meet their local goals of reducing deaths and serious injuries, practitioners need a MUTCD that addresses the safety of multimodal users. To this end, APBP calls on FHWA to update the MUTCD with an emphasis toward increased flexibility for engineers to implement safety measures as directed by local leadership.

View the letter and comments here.