Red Bus Lane Treatment Evaluation

Since 2008, the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) has implemented red-colored bus lanes as part of its collaborative Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) program with MTA New York City Transit (NYCT). NYCDOT and NYCT have found that the red treatment is effective at reducing unauthorized bus lane usage. NYCDOT is seeking to improve the durability and cost-effectiveness of its preferred red lane treatment and, in 2010, with STV Inc. and Penn State University, began a research study to identify high-performance red-lane products and installation processes for different roadway surfaces. This paper presents the methodologies and findings from a series of field and laboratory tests used to evaluate red bus lane treatments for NYCDOT. The field evaluations included long-term observations of various products used on bus-only lanes, as well as durability and skid resistance testing. Parallel laboratory evaluations were undertaken to assess product durability and skid resistance in a controlled, indoor laboratory. The results indicate that a red epoxybased street paint, an epoxy with red aggregate product, and a red asphalt concrete-based micro surface performed well across all field and laboratory tests.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP050 Bus Transit Systems.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Carry, William
  • Donnell, Eric
  • Rado, Zoltan
  • Hartmann, Martin
  • Scalici, Steven P
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC
  • Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
• Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 31p
• Monograph Title: TRB 93rd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus lanes; Bus priority; Compliance; Durability; Field tests; Laboratory tests; Red; Skid resistance; Traffic paint
• Identifier Terms: New York City Department of Transportation
• Geographic Terms: New York (New York)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; I35: Miscellaneous Materials; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01519521
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 14-4649
• Files: PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 26 2014 10:07AM