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Title:

EVALUATION OF TEMPORARY PAVEMENT MARKING PATTERNS IN WORK ZONES: PROVING-GROUND STUDIES

Accession Number:

00471795

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309041066

Abstract:

Results of proving-ground studies for evaluation of temporary pavement markings for work zones are summarized. The objective was to investigate 10 candidate temporary marking treatments: one base treatment consisted of 4-ft stripes with 36-ft gaps, and nine other candidate marking treatments employed variations in stripe length, gap length, and reflective and nonreflective raised pavement markers (RPMs). The initial studies were conducted during dry-weather, daytime conditions. Based on the findings of the daytime studies, the base treatment and the best six of the nine other marking treatments were evaluated during nighttime, dry-weather conditions employing the same procedures and experimental design. The studies were conducted on the test track at the Texas A&M Research and Extension Center, with a demographically balanced sample of drivers individually driving an instrumented test vehicle. Measures of effectiveness included speed and distance data, erratic maneuver data, and subjective evaluations of treatment effectiveness. The nighttime studies aimed to determine whether the daytime findings were applicable to dry-weather, nighttime driving conditions. The approach was to essentially replicate the daytime study procedures with a matched, but different sample of drivers. The six markings selected were three with striping patterns and three RPM configurations. Daytime treatments deleted were those with 1- and 2-ft stripes, long (48- and 38-ft) gaps, or both.

Supplemental Notes:

Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on User Information Systems. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Accession #:

00490324

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Dudek, Conrad L
Huchingson, R Dale
Woods, Donald L

Pagination:

pp 12-20

Publication Date:

1986

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1086
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

Conference:

65th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
Date: 1986-1-13 to 1986-1-16

ISBN:

0309041066

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Maps (1) ; Photos (1) ; References (1) ; Tables (9)

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Mar 31 1988 12:00AM

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