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On May 15, 2023, despite provisions in the IIJA, the FHWA failed to release a new update to the MUTCD. The FHWA cited the volume of comments as a reason for the delay.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways: What's New |publisher = Federal Highway Administration |url=https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/index.htm |access-date=2023-05-15 }}</ref> The 11th edition of the MUTCD was released on December 19, 2023.<ref name="Woodhouse">{{cite news |last1=Woodhouse |first1=Skylar |title=Rules of the Road Get a Long-Awaited Update in the US |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-19/us-roadbuilding-bible-gets-update-as-pedestrian-deaths-rise |access-date=December 20, 2023 |work=Bloomberg |date=December 19, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/fhwa-releases-new-traffic-control-device-manual-updates-improve-safety-pedestrians |title=FHWA Releases New Traffic Control Device Manual with Updates to Improve Safety for Pedestrians, Bicyclists, and All Road Users |date=December 19, 2023 |access-date=December 27, 2023 |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation}}</ref>
The 11th edition allows painted red bus lanes, rules allowing more crosswalks and traffic signals, new rules for determining speed limits, signage for shoulders that are used part-time as traffic lanes, and new signage for [[electric vehicle charging station]]s and [[autonomous vehicle]]s.<ref name="2023_revision_final" /> It also adds painted green bike lanes, bike boxes, and bike-specific traffic lights. Rectangular Rapid-Flashing Beacons (RRFBs) were also added to the MUTCD; a pedestrian beacon for uncontrolled intersections consisting of two rectangular lights, side-by-side, which alternate flashing, under a yellow diamond with a walking person on it, above an arrow pointing out the crosswalk.<ref name="2023_revision_final">[https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-27178.pdf RIN 2125-AF85 National Standards for Traffic Control Devices; the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways; Revision], III. Summary of the Major Provisions of the Regulatory Action in Question</ref> RRFBs were previously on interim approval by the FHWA since March 20, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=January 12, 2024 |title=Interim Approval 21 – Rectangular Rapid-Flashing Beacons at Crosswalks - Interim Approvals Issued by FHWA |url=https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/interim_approval/ia21/index.htm |website=MUTCD |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |date=March 20, 2018}}</ref> Transportation safety advocates criticized the changes as not going far enough to deal with a substantial spike in pedestrian fatalities, especially guidance setting speed limits [[85th percentile speed|based on the 85th percentile of actual driving speeds]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/12/31/1222174861/road-street-design-traffic-mutcd |title=The rules of the road are changing, but not fast enough for everyone |date=December 31, 2023 |author=Joel Rose}}</ref><ref>[https://t4america.org/2023/12/20/press-statement-newly-updated-mutcd-doesnt-go-far-enough-to-protect-pedestrians/ Press statement: Newly updated MUTCD doesn’t go far enough to protect pedestrians]</ref><ref>[https://usa.streetsblog.org/2023/12/19/feds-advocates-talk-about-whats-in-the-new-mutcd-and-what-isnt Feds, Advocates Talk About What’s In The New MUTCD (And What Isn’t)!]</ref>
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