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Traffic advisory leaflets

Information leaflets about using traffic equipment and implementing traffic regulations and policies.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 23 September 2013
• Last updated: 15 January 2024 — See all updates

Traffic advisory leaflets (TALs) provide information and guidance for using traffic equipment and implementing traffic regulations and policies.

TALs are only available in electronic format. Printed copies are not available from the Department for Transport.

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Traffic advisory leaflets

• Motorcyclists using bus lanes (TAL 1/24)
  • 15 January 2024
  • Guidance
• Influence of bollards on pedestrian evacuation flow (TAL 01/16)
  • 23 November 2017
  • Guidance
• Roadside variable message signs (TAL 1/15)
  • 13 January 2015
  • Guidance
• Extended working hours at road works (TAL 8/14 )
  • 12 November 2014
  • Guidance
• Mapping underground assets to find buried pipes and cables (TAL 7/14)
  • 12 November 2014
  • Guidance
• Using road plates at roadworks (TAL 6/14)
  • 12 November 2014
  • Guidance
• Using temporary backfill at roadworks (TAL 5/14)
  • 12 November 2014
  • Guidance
• Using cementitious mixtures at road works (TAL 4/14)
  • 12 November 2014
  • Guidance
• Using hydraulically bound mixtures at road works (TAL 3/14)
  • 12 November 2014
  • Guidance
• Using the core and vac technique at road works (TAL 2/14)
  • 12 November 2014
  • Guidance
• Temporary white on red signs at road works (TAL 01/14)
  • 10 April 2014
  • Guidance
• Traffic bollards and low level traffic signs (TAL 03/13)
  • 23 September 2013
  • Guidance
• Using bollards to reduce threats from vehicles (TAL 02/13)
  • 23 November 2017
  • Guidance
• The Traffic Signs (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations and General Directions 2011 (TAL 01/12)
  • 7 March 2012
  • Guidance
• Quality audit in the street design process (TAL 05/11)
  • 1 November 2012
  • Guidance
• Using temporary traffic signs for special events (TAL 04/11)
  • 14 October 2011
  • Guidance
• Vehicle security barriers within the streetscape (TAL 01/11)
  • 23 November 2017
  • Guidance
• How to consult emergency services on traffic calming schemes (TAL 1/07)
  • 1 February 2007
  • Guidance
• Managing accidental rail obstructions by road vehicles (TAL 06/03)
  • 11 September 2020
  • Guidance
• Traffic advisory leaflets from 1989 to 2009
  • 31 December 2009
  • Guidance

Published 23 September 2013

Last updated 15 January 2024 + show all updates

1. 15 January 2024

   Motorcyclists using bus lanes (TAL 1/24) added.

2. 15 November 2016

   Influence of bollards on pedestrian evacuation flow (TAL 01/16).

3. 12 November 2014

   Added new traffic advisory leaflets

4. 23 September 2013

   First published.