Striping truck utilization at Crawfordsville and Greenfield.

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• Creators:
  Padfield, Jon ; Handy, James
• Corporate Creators:
  Purdue University. Joint Transportation Research Program
• Corporate Contributors:
  Indiana. Dept. of Transportation ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Road markings
  • Lane lines
  • Painting
  • Trucks
  • Feasibility analysis
  • Striping
  • Resource utilization
  • Costs
  • Savings
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/IN/JTRP-2013/27
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Indiana
• Corporate Publisher:
  Purdue University. Joint Transportation Research Program
• Abstract:
  At the time this project was launched, INDOT was operating two paint trucks per district (one edge line truck and one center line truck). ; This project was launched to determine the feasibility of painting all the lane miles in each district with a single paint truck per district. ; The Greenfield and Crawfordsville districts were chosen to develop and test ideas to enable the transition to painting with just one truck ; per district. Teams from both districts including paint truck drivers, painters and managers participated in a series of Value Stream ; Mapping (VSM) sessions facilitated by Purdue Technical Assistance Program (TAP). The Value Stream Maps were then used to identify ; inefficiencies in the painting operation and opportunities for improvement. These improvement ideas included both process changes ; and physical alterations to existing paint trucks. An action plan was created for each district to follow to enable them to test the ideas ; during the 2nd half of the 2013 and first half of the 2014 paint season. ; The action plans were completed and progress was tracked regarding the performance of the modified trucks and processes. Although ; the Crawfordsville and Greenfield districts implemented different approaches, both were able to complete painting all of their ; scheduled lane miles during the season with just 1 truck apiece. ; The results of this project demonstrated the viability of reducing the statewide fleet of INDOT paint trucks from 12 to 6. At an ; approximate cost of $400,000 per truck, this translates into an approximate savings of $2,400,000 as the current fleet of 12 aging trucks ; is replaced with 6 trucks rather than 12. ; The process changes implemented in this project also demonstrated operational efficiency improvements, which will result in labor ; savings of approximately 10%.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  SPR-3722
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26972/dot_26972_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.62 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:dc2d1b1f2665340fa038e6ca3586f46d43165b1d6cf016ea8f92164255c4379f