KYTC Striping Policy Update — Review of Current Practice and Performance

Several issues negatively impact the performance of pavement striping, including premature fading, poor visibility under adverse weather conditions, limited durability, and product availability. All of these issues can potentially degrade roadway safety and traffic operations. This study will review Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's (KYTC's) current striping policies as well as specifications and practices adopted by other state DOTs to determine how the Cabinet can update its approach to striping. The review will focus on materials used, rates/film thicknesses of various materials, performance evaluation, and construction quality control processes.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $220,578.00
• Contract Numbers:

  KYSPR-26-681

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

  200 Mero Street
  Frankfort, KY  United States  40622
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Kentucky, Lexington

  Kentucky Transportation Center College of Engineering, 176 Raymond Building
  Lexington, KY  United States  40506-0281
• Principal Investigators:

  Graves, Clark

  Lammers-Staats, Erin

• Start Date: 20250701
• Expected Completion Date: 20270630
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Pavement performance; Quality control; Specifications; State departments of transportation; Striping; Striping materials
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01964175
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: University of Kentucky, Lexington
• Contract Numbers: KYSPR-26-681
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 28 2025 11:32AM