Traffic Sign Life Cycle Evaluation

The research will evaluate maximum luminance limits for rural highways, develop selection criteria for using fluorescent yellow through field evaluations, and drivers' ability to distinguish fluorescent materials from non-fluorescent materials.

• Record URL:
  http://dotapp7.dot.state.mn.us/projectPages/pages/projectDetails.jsf?id=19979&type=CONTRACT

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $175,000
• Contract Numbers:

  1003324 WO#6

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155
• Performing Organizations:

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute

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

  Hawkins, Gene

• Start Date: 20180627
• Expected Completion Date: 20210131
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Life cycle analysis; Luminance; Rural highways; Traffic signs
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; ROAD SAFETY DEVICES;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01668380
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 1003324 WO#6
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 2 2018 2:50PM