Implementation of Retroreflective Pavement Markers (RPMs) in Rumble Strips as a Method to Enhance Driving Conditions After Snowplow Operations [Project Summary]

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• Creators:
  Ferron, Raissa ; Al-Amin, Md ; Srinivasan, Savitha ; Rung, Michael
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas Department of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Retroreflection
  • Pavements
  • Rumble strips
  • Snowplows
  • Highway safety
  • Visibility Retroreflective raised pavement markers
  • rumble strips
  • snowplow resistance
  • multifunctionalization
  • road safety
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  5-6995-01
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas;United States
• Edition:
  Project Summary Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Abstract:
  This implementation project aimed to validate the results of a previous project (0-5665) by determining the rumble strip depth that can provide adequate protection to the markers while also still being visible to road users. The research team identified additional sites to deploy embedded markers in rumble strips. Two marker types (low profile markers and regular profile markers) were evaluated in six highways sites around Texas and one test roadway site at the research’s team institution.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75574/dot_75574_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 488.66 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:35b759eced53efddf9a460994607651cce014eff998951cd68ab33e58b02ccdd0debfc185e4c0cbe10e3da31bac3f0c19c16206fad86f959e2549db6bc0400ab