Build a Complete Traffic Sign System for Your Community
Traffic signs play an important role in roadway safety, navigation, and the overall appearance of your streetscape. From regulatory and warning signs to parking, crosswalk, school, and community signage, choosing the right combination of sign, reflective material, frame, and mounting hardware helps create a system that is both functional and visually cohesive.
Signature Streetscapes offers reflective aluminum traffic signs along with decorative frames, posts, bases, and finials for municipalities, HOAs, residential developments, campuses, and commercial properties. Follow the steps below to specify the right traffic sign system for your project.
STEP 1: CHOOSE YOUR TRAFFIC SIGNS
Find the Right Sign for Every Application
Start by selecting the traffic signs required for your streetscape. Signature Streetscapes offers a wide variety of standard traffic, regulatory, warning, and directional signage designed for community and roadway applications.
For projects requiring something beyond standard signage, custom road sign options are also available.
Our traffic sign selection includes accessible, community, crosswalk, guidance, intersection, parking, school, speed, and warning signs, providing solutions for a wide range of roadway and community applications. For projects that require something beyond standard signage, custom road sign options are also available.
Step 2: Choose Your Reflective Material
Select the Right Level of Visibility
Reflective sheeting helps traffic signs remain visible and legible in changing light conditions, especially at night. Signature Streetscapes currently offers High Intensity Prismatic (HIP) and Diamond Grade reflective sheeting options across its traffic sign products. Signature Streetscapes
Choose the material that best fits your application, roadway conditions, and applicable sign requirements. For public-road installations, sign size, design, placement, and reflectivity should be specified according to current MUTCD and local requirements.
Reflective Material Options
High Intensity Prismatic (HIP)
A durable reflective option designed to provide strong nighttime visibility for a wide range of traffic and roadway signage applications.
Diamond Grade
A higher-performance reflective option designed for enhanced visibility where greater nighttime conspicuity is desired or required.
Step 3: Choose an Optional Vinyl Backing
Create a Finished Look from Every Angle
Traffic signs don't always have to look purely utilitarian. Adding weather-resistant black vinyl to the back of the sign creates a cleaner, more finished appearance that coordinates particularly well with decorative black posts and hardware.
Signature Streetscapes specifically recommends this option when pairing traffic signs with its extruded aluminum sign frames.
Black Vinyl Backing
Black vinyl provides a polished appearance on the back of the sign, helping standard traffic signage blend more seamlessly into decorative streetscape systems.
STEP 4: ADD A DECORATIVE TRAFFIC SIGN FRAME
Bring Architectural Character to Standard Traffic Signs
A decorative frame can transform a standard traffic sign into a more intentional part of your overall streetscape. It's an easy way to coordinate functional signage with decorative street signs, posts, lighting, entrances, and other community elements.
EXTRUDED ALUMINUM
Add dimension and architectural detail with a durable extruded aluminum frame featuring a black powder-coated finish. This option creates a substantial, finished appearance around the traffic sign.
FAUX HALO
Create the appearance of a decorative border with a Faux Halo frame. The aluminum panel adds a two-inch gloss black border around the traffic sign for a clean, distinctive look.
Step 5: Complete Your Traffic Sign Assembly
Bring Every Component Together
Complete your traffic sign system by pairing your sign and frame with coordinated posts, bases, caps, and mounting components. Signature Streetscapes offers 3-inch and 4-inch round and square posts, along with decorative bases and finials designed to create a unified assembly.
Specifying the components together helps create a consistent appearance throughout your community while simplifying the process of selecting compatible streetscape products.
Frequently Asked Questions About Traffic Signs
What types of traffic signs does Signature Streetscapes offer?The current selection includes accessible, community, crosswalk, guidance, intersection, parking, school, speed, and warning signs.
What reflective materials are available?
Traffic signs are available with High Intensity Prismatic (HIP) and Diamond Grade reflective sheeting options.
Are Signature Streetscapes traffic signs MUTCD compliant?
Many standard traffic sign products are designed and sold as MUTCD-compliant signs. Requirements can vary by sign type, size, application, and installation, so public-road projects should be specified according to the current MUTCD and applicable local requirements. For example, Signature Streetscapes identifies its standard Stop Sign as MUTCD R1-1 compliant.
Can I add a decorative frame to a traffic sign?
Yes. Signature Streetscapes offers Extruded Aluminum and Faux Halo frame options to give standard traffic signs a more decorative, coordinated appearance.
Can the back of the traffic sign be finished in black?
Yes. An optional weather-resistant black vinyl backing is available to create a more finished appearance, particularly when signs are paired with decorative frames and hardware.
Can I order a complete traffic sign assembly?
Yes. Traffic signs can be paired with round or square posts, decorative bases, finials, frames, and other components to create a complete assembly.
NEED SOMETHING CUSTOM?
Let us help bring your Streetscape together. Not sure which traffic signs, reflective materials, frames, or posts are right for your project? Our team can help you work through the details and create a coordinated solution for your community
.Through our Signature Design Service, current and prospective customers can also receive conceptual design assistance to help visualize a project and simplify the review and approval process.