Peter Koonce, transportation engineer with the City of Portland, is reporting that the next edition of the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices ("MUTCD")--which standardizes signs and traffic signals nationally--could incorporate 75% of the Urban Bike Guide released by the National Association of City Transportation Officials ("NACTO"). This was a directive from former Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. Here's a LINK to Mr. Koonce's report from attending a Joint Signals/Bicycle meeting of the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. National standardization of NACTO Guide recommendations means that more urban bike infrastructure will sweep the country. NACTO--an association of transportation professionals in more than a dozen cities, including New York, Portland, San Francisco, and Chicago--prepared the Guide upon determining that MUTCD and AASHTO guidance for urban bike facilities was inadequate and out-of-date
