Traffic Engineering Policies, Practices and Legal Authority (TEPPL) Policies, documentation and information for traffic engineering.

Topic Listing

Topic	Section
S Dimensions And Slopes For Signs	S01
Sanitary District Signing	S02
Sanitary Landfill Signing	S03
Scenic Byways Signing	S04
Schools - Elementary (K-5th Grade), Middle (6th-8th Grade), and High (9th-12th Grade)	S05
School - Colleges / Universities Signing	S06
School Bus Entering Signs	S07
School Bus - Safety (Warning) Signing	S08
School Bus - Stop Ahead Signing	S09
School Bus - Stopped - No Passing Laws / Rules	S10
School Zone - Flashers (State Municipal System)	S11
School Zone - Speed Limit for Public, Private, or Parochial Schools	S14
Secondary Roads - Numbering Procedures	S15
Specific Services Signing	S16
Shopping Center Signing	S17
Sidewalk Policy	S18
Special Events - Closing of Roads	S19
Secondary Roads and Subdivision Streets-Policies	S20
School - Municipal & School Transportation Assistance (MSTA)	S21
Signs - Damaging or Removing Signs: Rewards	S23
Sign Support Offset for Overhead Structures on Freeways	S24
Slow Moving Vehicle Pull-Out Lane Signing	S27
Slower Traffic Keep Right Signing	S28
Soil And Water Conservation District Signing	S30
Special Event Signing (Temporary)	S31
Special Signs In Municipalities	S32
Speed Bumps - Traffic Calming	S33
Speed Limit - 25 Mph In Subdivisions And Short Dead End Roads	S34
Speed Limit - 35 Unless Otherwise Posted	S35
Speed Limit - 70 Mph Procedures	S36
Speed Limit - Advisory Ramp / Loop Speeds	S37
Speed Limit - Advisory Safe Speed Plaques	S38
Speed Limit - Curb And Gutter Facilities (Reasonable Speeds)	S39
Speed Limit - Design / Posted / Reduction Guidelines	S40
Speed Limit - Inside Municipalities	S41
Speed Limit - Location of Reduced Speed Limit Signing	S42
Speed Limit - Posting for 60Mph, 65Mph,& 70Mph Speed Limits FHWA Guidelines	S43
Speed Limit - State Line Supplemental Speed Limit Plaques	S44
Speed Limit - Restrictions-G">S 20-141	S45
Speed Limit - School (Public, Private-Year Round)	S46
Speed Limit - Minimum Speed Limit Signing	S47
Speeding - Work Zone Penalty [$250]	S49
STAA Dimensioned Vehicles - Access Routes Rules	S52
Stadium Signing	S53
Standard Size & Style of Letters For Highway Signs	S54
State Line - Standard Signing At State Line	S56
Stop Sign / Yield Sign - Control Signing	S58
Street Name Signs - Municipal / Rural	S60
Street Name Signs - Overhead	S61
Subdivision Name Marker	S62
Supplemental Guide Signs - Freeways & Expressways	S64
Senior Center Signing	S67
Sign Sheeting - High Intensity (Type III)	S68
Speed Limit - Subdivision Wide Signing	S70
Speed Limit - Photographic Speed-Measuring Systems	S71
Schools - Public Schools: Roads, Driveways and School Parking Lots	S72
Slippery When Wet Signing	S74
Signs - In-street Pedestrian Crossing Signs	S75
Signs - Guidelines for Wayfinding Signs along State Maintained Roadways	S76
Special Events	S77
Future Interstate Route Signing	S79
Spot Safety Program	S80
Spot Mobility Program	S81
Study of State Parks and Trail Signage	S82
Signs - Marine Highway Signing	S83
Signs - National Championship Signing for Higher Education	S84
Signs - Sponsorship Signing	S85
Speed Limit - Historical Reference	S86
Statues, Monuments, and Works of Art	S87

TEPPL Updates

Date	Topic	Description	Status
9/28/2023	Congestion Management - Pedestrian Optimum and Bicyclist Optimum Feasible Intersection Designs		New
8/28/2023	Traffic Systems - Memorandums of Understanding		New
8/11/2023	Work Zone - Traffic Control Certification Requirements During Emergency Declarations		New
8/7/2023	Traffic Services Legal Guide Topics	Traffic Services Legal Guide Topics	New
8/1/2023	Traffic Systems - TSMO Strategic Plan	Traffic Systems - TSMO Strategic Plan	New
6/6/2023	Traffic Systems - After Hours Response		New
5/18/2023	Legal Guide		New
4/19/2023	Traffic Systems – Incident Management Assistance Patrol		New
6/28/2022	Painting on State Maintained Roadways		New
6/28/2022	Statues, Monuments, and Works of Art		New
11/29/2021	Traffic Systems – Integrated Corridor Management (ICM)		New
11/29/2021	Traffic Systems – Planning for Operations		New
11/23/2021	Traffic Systems – Incident Management Manual		New
11/2/2021	NCDOT Roadway Design Manual	NCDOT Roadway Design Manual	New
9/27/2021	Speed Limit - Historical Reference		New
9/10/2021	Community and Crossroads Signing		New
7/19/2021	Alternative Fuel		New
4/15/2021	Congestion Management - Intersection and Interchange Configuration Guidance		New
3/2/2021	Motor Fleet Management		New
9/9/2020	Digital Sign Printing		New
7/7/2020	Complete Streets Guidance		New
6/30/2020	Telephone - Public Telephone Signing		New
5/14/2020	Traffic Systems - Notifying Digital Map Providers of Road Changes		New
4/27/2020	Four-Lane Divided / Five-Lane Research Project		New
4/15/2020	Congestion Management - FREEVAL NC		New
4/9/2020	Correspondence Guidelines		Updated
4/7/2020	Congestion Management - SaFID Chart		New
1/27/2020	Illegal to Pass Center Turn Lane		New
8/28/2019	Partnerships with Private Developers		New
5/2/2019	Art on the Right of Way Policy		New
4/2/2019	Bicycle Route Designation Guidelines		New
3/18/2019	Congestion Management - HCS_Synchro_Sidra		New
3/18/2019	Congestion Management - Transmodeler		New
3/18/2019	Congestion Management - Traffic Impact Analysis		New
3/18/2019	Congestion Management - Utilities		New
3/15/2019	Congestion Management - O-D Matrix Development		New
3/7/2019	Signs - Sponsorship Signing		New
2/6/2019	TEPPL Topic Development		New
10/4/2018	Decorative Crosswalks		New
11/22/2017	Signs - National Championship Signing for Higher Education		New
9/26/2017	Experience Rate Modifier (ERM)		New
7/12/2017	Signs - Marine Highway Signing		New
3/31/2017	Traffic Signals - System Timing		New
2/16/2017	Historic Markers, Landmarks, and Locations	Added Memorandum	Updated
2/7/2017	Bus Stop Encroachment Guidelines	New Topic	New
11/16/2016	Unmuffled Engine Compression Brakes Signing		New
10/18/2016	Study of State Parks and Trail Signage		New
12/11/2014	Agricultural Tourism Signing		Updated

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