This presentation describes the need for standardized graphics in the newly created Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). The presentation discusses issues with previous graphic design, explains the decision to create a graphic identification program in house, and presents the reasoning behind new graphic design elements, including a proposed WSDOT logo.
This manual provides guidelines for the use of graphics on Washington State Department of Transportation equipment, signage, publications, stationery and forms.
This Graphic Identity Guide presents an overview of the comprehensive Graphic Identity Program, including Washington State Ferries' applications. The Guide serves as an introduction to standardized application of the basic design elements, graphic formats, and typographic lettering style which have been approved for general use by the Washington State Department of Transportation.
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 424: Engineering Economic Analysis Practices for Highway Investment explores how U.S. transportation agencies have applied engineering economics--benefit–cost analyses and similar procedures--to decisions on highway investments.
Does the identification number 60 indicate a toxic substance or a flammable solid, in the molten state at an elevated temperature? Does the identification number 1035 indicate ethane or butane? What is the difference between natural gas transmission pipelines and natural gas distribution pipelines? If you came upon an overturned truck on the highway that was leaking, would you be able to identify if it was hazardous and know what steps to take? Questions like these and more are answered in the Emergency Response Guidebook. Learn how to identify symbols for and vehicles carrying toxic, flammable, explosive, radioactive, or otherwise harmful substances and how to respond once an incident involving those substances has been identified. Always be prepared in situations that are unfamiliar and dangerous and know how to rectify them. Keeping this guide around at all times will ensure that, if you were to come upon a transportation situation involving hazardous substances or dangerous goods, you will be able to help keep others and yourself out of danger. With color-coded pages for quick and easy reference, this is the official manual used by first responders in the United States and Canada for transportation incidents involving dangerous goods or hazardous materials.
This publication provides guidelines and samples for creating Washington State Department of Transportation folios. Folios are informational brochures presenting up-to-date information in an easy to read and accessible manner.
