Current traffic related Technical Directions

Following is the register of current Roads and Maritime Services (formally the Roads and Traffic Authority) road related traffic and transport Technical Directions.

These documents are Complementary documents to the Austroads Guide to Traffic Management and the Australian Standards AS1742, 1743 & 2890.

NOTE: All RTA traffic related documents which were current on the 1 November 2011 will still apply until they have either been replaced by a Roads and Maritime Services document or superseded.

Please note that this register is continually being updated.

Electronic copies of these documents can be downloaded or viewed from the Files box located at the foot of the table. 

For further information or feedback contact:

technical.directions.publication@rms.nsw.gov.au

Reference Subject Date of original issue Date of last electronic update
1993
TD 93/21 Requirements for Design of RTA Road Lighting Installations Nov '03
1998
TM P98/3 Advertising on RTA Infrastructure Aug '98
TD 98/7 Use of Waterborne Paints Jun '98
TD 98/13 Route Assessment for 14.5 metre Buses Nov '98
1999
TM P99/2 (Supplements P98/3) Advertising on RTA Infrastructure Apr '99
TM P99/4 Bicycle Policy (Maintenance Work), RTA Oct '99
TM P99/6 Significant Roadside Environment Area Signs Dec '99
2000
TM P00/1 Bicycle Policy (Grates), RTA Jan '00
TD 2000/6 Shared Zone Signs May '00
2001
TDT 2001/04a Use of Traffic Calming Devices as Pedestrian Crossings Jun '01 May '11
TDT 2001/06a AUTOTURN Swept Path Computer Program - RTA Policy Sep '01 Nov '01
2002
TDT 2002/01 How to Prepare a Bike Plan Feb '02
TDT 2002/04 How to Prepare a Pedestrian Access and Mobility Plan Mar '02
TDT 2002/12c Stopping and Parking Restrictions at Intersections and Crossings Aug '02 Oct '11
2003
TDT 2003/03 Traffic Light Inventory - RTA Policy Jun '03
TDT 2003/04 Traffic Facilities Inventory - RTA Policy Jun '03
TDT 2003/05 Restricted Parking Areas Jun '03
TDT 2003/08 NSW Bicycle Guidelines Dec '03
2004
TDT 2004/01a Use of Class 1 Retroreflective Sheeting on Roadworks Signs Mar '04 Apr '04
TDT 2004/02 Motor Bike Parking Mar '04
2005
TDT 2005/01 Planning Guidelines for Walking and Cycling Mar '05
TDT 2005/02b Location and Placement of Variable Message Signs (VMS) Mar '05 Dec '08
2006
TDT 2006/01 Design Vehicles and Turning Path Templates Feb '06
TDT 2006/05 Signposting for Temporary Rural Road Closures Sep '06
TDT 2006/07 A Guide to the Delegation to Councils for the Regulation of Traffic (including the operation of Traffic Committees) Nov '06
2007
TDT 2007/01 Use of Fluorescent Material for Road Signs Jan '07
TDT 2007/04 Guidelines for the Implementation of On-street Car Share Parking Sep '07
2008
TDT 2008/01 Use of Portable Variable Message Signs with Radar Speed Indicators Sep '08
TDT 2008/03 Use of Traffic Management Equipment on Multi-function Poles Sep '08
TDT 2008/04a Land Use Development Assessment - RTA Guidelines Dec '08 Jul '09
TDT 2008/05a Installation of Light Emitting Diode (LED) Traffic Signal Lanterns Dec '08 Jul '10
TDT 2008/06 Guidelines for the Use of 'No Stopping Taxis Excepted 1 Minute Limit' Zones and Signposting Dec '08
2009
TDT 2009/03b Implementation of New Intersection Layout at Traffic Signals May '09 Oct '09
TDT 2009/04 Use of Type Approved Illuminated Flashing Arrow Signs Jun '09
TDT 2009/06 Bicycle Storage Areas and Advanced Bicycle Stop Lines Jul '09
TDT 2009/07 Police Speed Enforcement or Presence on RTA Work Sites Aug '09
TDT 2009/08 Approved Retro-reflective Sheeting Materials for Road Signs Aug '09
2010
TDT 2010/01 Traffic Control at Work Sites Training Feb '10
TDT 2010/02 Use of Prefrabricated Detector Loops Apr '10
TDT 2010/03 Traffic Control At Work Sites Jul '10
TDT 2010/04 Guidelines for the Selection of Bus Priority Enforcement Camera Sites Oct '10
TDT 2010/05 Signposting of Truck Parking Areas and Bus Parking Areas on Freeways/Motorways Nov '10
TDT 2010/06 Use of Ground Mounted Controllers for Pedestrian or Small Traffic Signal Sites Nov '10
TDT 2010/07 Use of Variable Message Signs (VMS) - RTA Policy Dec '10
2011
TDT 2011/01a Pedestrian Refuges May '11 Jun '11
TDT 2011/02 Use of Portable Speed Hump Devices May '11
TDT 2011/03 Communication Modems for Traffic Control Signals May '11
TDT 2011/04 Implementation of Revised Pavement Marking Layouts May '11
TDT 2011/05 Approval Requirements for New Traffic Assets May '11
TDT 2011/06 Use of Uninterrupted Power Supply for Traffic Signals May '11
TDT 2011/07 Attachment of Equipment to Traffic Facilities Assets May '11
TDT 2011/08 Use of Type Approved Portable Variable Message Signs Jun '11
TDT 2011/09 Footway Parking Schemes - Temporarily Withdrawn Jul '11 - Temporarily Withdrawn
TDT 2011/10 Prequalified retro-reflective raised pavement markers Nov '11