Publication Details

Performance criteria for retroreflective pavement markers

Type: book

Author(s): Pike, Adam M.; Barrette, Timothy P.; Hallmark, Shauna L.; Oneyear, Nicole; Basulto-Elias, Guillermo; Smadi, Omar; Srinivasan, Raghavan; Kumfer, Wes; Saleem, Taha; Ye, Fan; Carlson, Paul J.; Hawkins, H. Gene; Lindheimer, Tomás E.

Collection title: NCHRP Research Report 1015

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Url: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/26814

Publication Date: 2022

Isbn: 978-0-309-68747-8

Doi: 10.17226/26814

Address: Washington, DC

Abstract: This report provides practitioners within state departments of transportation with updated strategies related to the use of retroreflective pavement markers (RPMs). These RPMs include raised and recessed RPMs. The report documents research that provides incremental advancement in this body of knowledge and practical approaches that should be of immediate use. Under NCHRP Project 05-21, Texas A&M Transportation Institute was retained to develop a guide for transportation practitioners that describes and evaluates the safety benefits, as shown by driver performance or other methods, of both raised and recessed RPMs for nighttime driving, particularly during wet weather.