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RCI Features & Characteristics Handbook

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Roadway Characteristics Inventory Features & Characteristics eBook Published August 2016 For hard copies of the handbook, visit the Maps and Publications Office to order the book by clicking here. Costs are incurred for non-FDOT employees, consultants contracted to work for FDOT are free.
Interim Updates
Log of Changes (PDF 102 KB)
How to Receive Interim Updates
To receive notices of updates to the RCI Handbooks, users should register their preferences and e-mail addresses in the Department's Contact Mailer Management System. Users can register at the following link:
http://www.fdot.gov/designsupport/contactdatabase.shtm
*Note:* Once logged in, click Publications, then click Planning and Publications, next select Roadway Characteristics Inventory/Straight Line Diagrams* and click Save Interests.*
Other Handbooks
RCI Planning Data Handbook - PDF 6 MB - August 2016 RCI Roadway Inventory Tracking Application (RITA) User Manual - PDF 3 MB - February 2014 RCI Straight-Line Diagram (SLD) Handbook - PDF 5 MB - July 2017 RCI User Manual - PDF 6 MB - March 2014 District Quality Evaluation (DQE) Handbook - PDF 2 MB - June 2017 GIS Handbook - PDF 5 MB - March 2017 FHWA HPMS Field Manual - December 2016 Quality Assurance Review (QAR) Handbook - PDF 3 MB - February 2018 Traffic Monitoring Handbook - PDF 3 MB - July 2018 Transportation System Jurisdiction and Numbering Handbook - PDF 520 KB - August 2017 Urban Boundary and Functional Classification of Roadways Handbook - PDF 915 KB - February 2013
Training
Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS), Roadway Characteristic Inventory and Straight-Line Diagrams
User Feedback
If you should have any questions, comments or suggestions regarding the RCI Handbooks, please contact the:
Central Office RCI Handbook Team

The Transportation Data and Analytics (TDA) Office has produced the following handbooks to provide a comprehensive description of the roadway data stored in the Department's Roadway Characteristics Inventory (RCI) database and explain how to retrieve data from the database. The handbooks also include standards and guidelines for those District Offices responsible for collecting general interest roadway data, entering it into the database, and how to perform quality assurance edits on the database.

Authority for this Features & Characteristics Handbook is governed by: