Fluorescent Yellow-Green Signs

In the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), fluorescent yellow-green (FYG) is the required color used for school signs and can be used as an option for bicycle and pedestrian (B/P) crossing signs. Due to the uniqueness of appearance, MoDOT currently reserves the FYG primarily for school signs. The only time MoDOT uses FYG for B/P crossing signs is if a state route and a city route crossed and the city used FYG at that location. MoDOT has been encouraged to change current pedestrian crossing signs from Fluorescent Yellow (FY) to FYG. This is based in the perception that FYG is safer than FY. However, MoDOT has a large inventory of FY signs on the state system with each sign lasting at least 15 years and would not consider switching to FYG signs in part (or whole) unless there is fact-based evidence that the color change would provide a significant safety benefit due to fiscal and logistical impacts. MoDOT is interested in discovering other state DOT policies and research regarding the use of FYG in pedestrian crossing signs. The department wants to know if current research indicates any significant safety impact to bicyclists and pedestrians if FYG signs are used instead of FY.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $150000
• Contract Numbers:

  TR202416

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Missouri Department of Transportation

  1617 Missouri Boulevard
  P.O. Box 270
  Jefferson City, MO  United States  65102
• Project Managers:

  Hosey, Jenni

• Performing Organizations:

  Missouri Center for Transportation Innovation

  Lafferre Hall
  416 S 6th St.
  Columbia, Missouri  United States  65201

  University of Missouri, Columbia

  Department of Civil Engineering
  Columbia, MO  United States  65211
• Principal Investigators:

  Brown, Henry

• Start Date: 20230801
• Expected Completion Date: 20241101
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycle crossings; Color; Crosswalks; Fluorescence; Policy; Safety; Schools; State departments of transportation; Traffic signs; Yellow
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01913735
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Missouri Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: TR202416
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 4 2024 11:03AM