Safety and Performance Criteria for Retroreflective Pavement Markers
The objective of this research is to develop a guide for transportation practitioners that describes and evaluates the safety benefits, as shown by driver performance or other methods, of Retroreflective Pavement Markers (RPM), both raised and recessed, for nighttime driving, particularly during wet weather. The guide should address criteria and information for use and placement of RPMs which may include, but not be limited to the following: (1) 2-lane rural, urban multi-lane, limited access, and other roads in urban and rural areas (2) Tangent and horizontal curve sections (3) Use of RPMs in conjunction with other types of roadway delineation devices, roadway surface treatments, and lighting and their impacts on driver performance (4) The visibility needs of drivers, particularly those 60 years of age or older (5) Various types of RPMs, i.e., recessed, raised, snow-plowable, etc. (6) Development of performance measures and minimum RPM performance level
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $675000
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Contract Numbers:
Project 05-21
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Sponsor Organizations:
Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
444 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 225
Washington, DC United States 20001National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Transportation Research Board
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20001 -
Project Managers:
Rogers, William
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Performing Organizations:
Texas A&M Transportation Institute, College Station
Texas A&M University System
3135 TAMU
College Station, TX United States 77843-3135 -
Principal Investigators:
Carlson, Paul
- Start Date: 20150901
- Expected Completion Date: 20180630
- Actual Completion Date: 20180630
- Source Data: RiP Project 37513
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aged drivers; Driver performance; Highway traffic control; Night visibility; Rain; Raised road markings; Retroreflectivity; Road markings; State departments of transportation; Traffic control devices
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01543373
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
- Contract Numbers: Project 05-21
- Files: TRB, RIP
- Created Date: Nov 13 2014 1:01AM