Improve Safety and Decrease Vehicle Fatalities by Improving Pavement Markings

The Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) "End the Streak" goal is to end all fatalities on Texas roads by 2050 as there has not been a day without a death on Texas roadways since November 7, 2000. New strategies must be implemented, such as increasing the efficacy of pavement striping and retroreflective pavement markers in several TxDOT districts and monitoring the crash statistics before and after pavement marking and marker improvements over time. The research team will target pavement marking retroreflectivity and contrast and will include the development and implementation of an experimental study design to assess their safety and economic effectiveness.

Language

  • English

Project

  • Status: Active
  • Funding: $499998
  • Contract Numbers:

    0-7230

  • Sponsor Organizations:

    Texas Department of Transportation

    125 E. 11th Street
    Austin, TX  United States  78701-2483
  • Project Managers:

    Odell, Wade

  • Performing Organizations:

    Texas A&M Transportation Institute

    Texas A&M University System
    3135 TAMU
    College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

    Texas State University, San Marcos

    JCK Building, Suite 489
    San Marcos, TX  United States 
  • Principal Investigators:

    Dadashova, Bahar

  • Start Date: 20240901
  • Expected Completion Date: 20270831
  • Actual Completion Date: 0

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01932653
  • Record Type: Research project
  • Source Agency: Texas Department of Transportation
  • Contract Numbers: 0-7230
  • Files: RIP, STATEDOT
  • Created Date: Oct 3 2024 10:51AM