Removing Residual Lane Markings to Reduce Driver Confusion – Best Practice

This research will quantitatively determine which of several pavement marking removal strategies result in the highest level of driver comprehension and compliance with longitudinal pavement markings (e.g., lane lines). This project will help decision makers and engineers at Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) tasked with pavement marking removals select the most effective approach within available project budgets. Solving this transportation issue will improve driver safety and anticipate incorporating the finding into ODOT policy and procedures which will provide a safer and more reliable multimodal transportation system that connects people and helps Oregon's communities and economy thrive. The agency is becoming increasingly required to remove lane striping for the purpose of reconfiguring roadway cross sections on either a permanent (e.g., roadway reconfiguration) or temporary (e.g., construction or maintenance work zone) basis. Due to resource limitations, repaving and restriping is not always practically possible. In these situations, better pavement marking removal techniques will result in reduced driver confusion and increased safety at these locations.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $210000
• Contract Numbers:

  SPR 855

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Oregon Department of Transportation

  555 13th Street NE
  Salem, OR  United States  97301
• Project Managers:

  Joerger, Mark

• Performing Organizations:

  Oregon State University, Corvallis

  101 Kearney Hall
  Corvallis, OR  United States  97331

  Portland State University

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Engineering Bldg, 301D, 1930 SW 4th Ave.
  Portland, OR  United States  97201
• Principal Investigators:

  Hurwitz, David

• Start Date: 20211015
• Expected Completion Date: 20240331
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: Transportation, Planning, Research, and Development

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Drivers; Highway safety; Lane lines
• Identifier Terms: Oregon Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01829888
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Oregon Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: SPR 855
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Dec 13 2021 3:54PM