Published: December 2008 | Category: Signs & markings (permanent & temporary) , Manuals | Audiences: Road controlling authorities, Road traffic engineers & consultants, Roading contractors
The Traffic control devices manual (TCD manual) provides guidance on industry best practice, including, where necessary, practice mandated by law in relation to the use of traffic control devices.
The planned structure of the Traffic control devices manual comprises 16 documents (three specifications, 10 parts, an addendum, a glossary and a list of references) and is shown in the table below.
Each part will be developed under the guidance of a working group of practitioners experienced in, and having specific knowledge about, the subject. The practitioners will also be representative of the intended users of the documents. Interested practitioners and affected organisations will be given the opportunity to comment on drafts and have their input incorporated appropriately in the final document.
The Traffic control devices manual will be published electronically only.
The following table shows the complete list of parts of the manual. These will be added to this website as soon as they become available.
| Part | Title | Status | Latest version |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Detailed descriptions of traffic signs, including dimensions, colour and layout |
Published | ||
| Traffic signal specifications | Planned | ||
| Marking specifications | Under consideration |
||
| 1 | General requirements for signs | Published [PDF, 1.6 MB] | Version 1 October 2010 |
| 2 | Direction, service and general guidance signs | Published [PDF, 4.5 MB] | Version 1 January 2011 |
| 3 |
Advertising signs
|
Published [PDF, 1006 KB] | Version 1 January 2011 |
| Addendum: Digital Billboard Guidance | Published [PDF, 678 KB] | March 2022 | |
| 4 | Traffic control devices for general use – at intersections | Under consultation | |
| 5 | Traffic control devices for general use – between intersections | Version 1 December 2020 |
|
| 6 | Speed management | Published as the Speed management guide and Speed management toolbox | November 2016 |
| 7 | (see part 13) | ||
| 8 | Code of practice for temporary traffic management | Published as COPTTM |
|
| 9 | Level crossings
|
Published | Version 2 December 2012 |
| 10 | Motorways and expressways | Published as MOTSAM part III |
|
| 13 | Parking control
|
Published (will be renumbered to Part 7 in next version) |
Version 1 December 2007 |
| 14 | Templates and designs | Updated August 2015 | |
| Definitions Glossary of terms used throughout the TCD manual |
Published | Updated December 2008 | |
| References All documents references throughout the TCD manual |
Published | Updated December 2008 |
The Traffic control devices manual will support and reference:
Each part will attempt to provide a broad coverage of the subject but avoid duplicating major elements of referenced documents, preferring to direct readers to the source.
The Traffic control devices manual will, on completion, replace the joint Transit New Zealand and Land Transport NZ publication Manual of traffic signs and markings (MOTSAM). However MOTSAM Part 1 Traffic signs and Part II Markings will continue to be available until their contents have been replaced. Recently approved traffic signs are notified in Traffic notes until these signs have been incorporated into the appropriate part of the TCD manual.
