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
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Contract Numbers:
0-7230
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Sponsor Organizations:
Texas Department of Transportation
125 E. 11th Street
Austin, TX United States 78701-2483 -
Project Managers:
Odell, Wade
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Performing Organizations:
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Texas A&M University System
3135 TAMU
College Station, TX United States 77843-3135Texas 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
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Crash rates; Fatalities; Highway safety; Reflectorized road markings; Retroreflectivity; Road markings; Striping
- Identifier Terms: Texas Department of Transportation
- Geographic Terms: Texas
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors;
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