Evaluation of Cement-Based Pavement Markings: Conduct of Research Report

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• Creators:
  Dwyer, Carmine E.
• Corporate Creators:
  Applied Research Associates, Inc.
• Corporate Contributors:
  Vermont Agency of Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Road markings
  • Cement
  • Retroreflectivity
  • Maintenance
  • Costs
  • Transportation safety
  • Winter maintenance
  • Pavement performance
  • Evaluation
  • Pavement markings
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  2026-06
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Vermont
• Edition:
  Final Report: 2025-2026
• Corporate Publisher:
  Vermont Agency of Transportation
• Description:
  Pavement markings provide continuous safety information to roadway users related to the roadway alignment, vehicle positioning, and other important driving-related tasks. During nighttime hours on many roadways, pavement markings are the only roadway asset to guide and regulate traffic. Therefore, it is important that pavement markings are performing well, are both durable and retroreflective. However, there are many factors that can affect pavement marking performance, such as the environment, traffic, and winter maintenance practices. The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) experiences significant challenges with all these factors. Additionally, besides the potential safety risks to roadway travelers, there are financial costs to VTrans for frequently replacing markings. However, a relatively new pavement marking material, a polymer modified cement-based pavement marking, has the potential for being more durable than other marking materials. With a longer service life, it also has the potential for having a competitive annualized cost. In Spring 2025 VTrans awarded a research study to Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) to conduct an evaluation of the cement-based marking. The objectives of the study were to perform a measured assessment of the marking's performance on VTrans roadways, determine an estimated service life, and from the service life calculate the material's annualized cost. However, the marking manufacturer, which had offered to install the test markings at no cost, did not follow through on that offer. Therefore, VTrans made the decision to cancel the study. This conduct of research report serves as a record of the work completed before the study's cancellation.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  GR1972
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/94034/dot_94034_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 810.09 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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