U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
400 Seventh St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20590

Refer to: HOTO-1

October 24, 2000

Mr. Toby Rickman
State Traffic Engineer
Washington State Department of Transportation
Transportation Building
P.O. Box 47300
Olympia, WA 98504-7300

Dear Mr. Rickman:

Thank you for your letter of October 6 to the Office of Transportation Operations (HOTO-1). In your letter, you requested approval to experiment with the "Yield Here to Pedestrian" sign used in conjunction with the approved "III-101(E)--Advanced YIELD Pavement Markings" Request to Experiment. In our letter of September 27, we indicated that the experimentation with the sign was not approved, and that we would be agreeable to a separate experimentation with this sign. The separate Request to Experiment with the sign contained in your letter of October 6 is approved.

For reference purposes, we have assigned your request the following official experimentation number and title: "II-431(E) Yield Here to Pedestrian Sign." Please refer to this number in future correspondence.

If you have any question while preparing your revised request to experiment, please call Mr. Harold Lunenfeld at 202-366-6598.

Sincerely yours,

Shelley J. Row, P.E.
Director, Office of Transportation
Operations