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
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Contract Numbers:
TR202416
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Sponsor Organizations:
Missouri Department of Transportation
1617 Missouri Boulevard
P.O. Box 270
Jefferson City, MO United States 65102 -
Project Managers:
Hosey, Jenni
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Performing Organizations:
Missouri Center for Transportation Innovation
Lafferre Hall
416 S 6th St.
Columbia, Missouri United States 65201University 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