Assessing performance of alternative pavement marking materials.

Details

• Creators:
  Fu, Haoqiang ; Wilmot, Chester G.
• Corporate Creators:
  Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Reflectance Reflectivity Road Markings
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Louisiana
• Corporate Publisher:
  Louisiana. Dept. of Transportation and Development
• Abstract:
  Pavement markings need to be restriped from time to time to maintain retroreflectivity.
  
  Knowing which material provides the most economically efficient solution is important.
  
  Currently, no agreed upon method by which to evaluate the use of alternative pavement
  
  marking materials exists. This study developed a methodology that measures the benefit of
  
  pavement marking materials based on the public perceived benefit of retroreflectivity. Using
  
  the measured benefit along with the cost of installation and impact on road users during the
  
  installation process, a benefit/cost analysis was applied to evaluate different marking
  
  materials used on Louisiana interstate freeways, including thermoplastics (both 40 mil and 90
  
  mil), tape, and inverted profile pavement markings.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:679f86bd6babe6cf825ed8b6b95d8dea1a878b6125eb6278bea04b59b2d4ae7a
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17103/dot_17103_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.03 MB ]