This guide is designed to provide engineers and
practitioners across Canada with both an understanding of the key factors that
affect roadside sign placement and a tool to determine optimal practical
roadside sign placement distances for new signs and existing signs that need to
be replaced. The guidelines are intended to supplement the guidance for lateral
and vertical placement of roadside sign set out in TAC's Manual of Uniform
Traffic Control Devices for Canada (MUTCDC).The development of the guide involved
surveying road agencies in Canadian and other North American jurisdictions
regarding current practices and policies on roadside sign placement, conducting
a literature review, examining and identifying the key factors and criteria
that influence roadside sign placement, developing guidelines for determining
optimal roadside sign placement distances, and testing these guidelines in
various Canadian jurisdictions.
Disponible en français : Guide relatif aux déacute;gagements
latéacute;ral et vertical des panneaux de signalisation (2008)