Pavement marking demonstration projects : state of Alaska and state of Tennessee.

Details

• Creators:
  Carlson, Paul ; Park, Eun-Sug ; Pike, Adam ; Porter, R.J. ; Miles, Jeffrey ; Boulanger, Bryan ; Smadi, Omar ; Hawkins, Neal ; Chalmers, Seth ; Darmiento, Frank ; Burde, Adrian ; Kuhn, Beverly ; Ealding, Wendy
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• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute ; Science Applications International Corporation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Road markings
  • Road marking materials
  • Highway safety
  • Environmental impacts
  • Cost effectiveness
  • Demonstration projects
  • Retroreflectivity
  • Edge lines
  • Procurement
  • Competitive bidding
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HRT-12-048
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Alaska;Tennessee
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety Research and Development
• Abstract:
  This project evaluates the safety impacts, environmental impacts, and cost effectiveness of different pavement marking ; systems as well as the effect of State bidding and procurement processes on the quality of pavement marking material ; employed in highway projects. The findings indicate that States are pursuing alternative procurement strategies to provide ; high-quality durable markings in a cost effective manner, often as part of a strategic safety plan, while industry has ; responded to requirements for more environmentally benign materials. A multi-State retrospective crash analysis ; suggests that the use of 6-inch edge lines reducesseveral crash types on rural two-lane two-way roads as compared to ; 4-inch edge lines. The monitored performance of pavement markings installed as part of the demonstration project ; was used to evaluate pavement marking cost effectiveness. The same results were also used to populate a framework ; for a pavement marking selection tool.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-05-D-00025;Task T-06-002
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26764/dot_26764_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 12.38 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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