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The Transportation Department has a continuing program to prepare, adopt and update design standards to establish minimum requirements for the design and construction of transportation facilities and requirements for protecting existing facilities during construction. The October 2026 update to the department’s design manual consists of a revision to the design standards, updates to the standard drawings, and to Appendix A and C.
For more information on the new manual, see the Introduction and User’s Guide below.
- Introduction and User's Guide
- Volume 1 — Transportation Design Manual
- Part 1: Transportation Design Standards
- Part 2: Standard Drawings
- Appendices
- Appendix A – Street Lighting Design Guide (includes Street Light Level Map [Updated])
- Appendix B – BelRed Streetscape Plan
- Appendix C - Fiber Optic Design Requirements is now Section 4.4 of the Design Standards
- Appendix D – Small Wireless Facilities
- Appendix E – Preliminary Civil and Traffic Plans
- Volume 2 — Complete Streets Guide
- Part 1: Transportation Policy
- Part 2: Complete Streets Components