NEW-OLD COST-CUTTING CONCEPT IN TRAFFIC MARKING

Paint is the predominant traffic marking material in use today. With respect to traffic marking, the needs of traffic engineers, as expressed in 1950, are similar to the needs of traffic engineers today. North Carolina has used a premixed paint dual system for more than 30 years, and has gained experience about the benefits of premixed paint and has solved many of the equipment problems. The experience in North Carolina has indicated that, when compared with a standard paint line, the premixed dual system has the following characteristics: increased service life, extended night visibility, a 3-min dry time, satisfactory daytime visibility, and lower cost. The different theories about a standard line and a premixed line are described. A white centerline placed as a premixed dual line in 1970 is still effective after 12 years of use. Of the 46,000 paved miles of roads in North Carolina, the premixed system is so durable that less than 1percent of the roads need to be restriped during the same season. The cost savings to the state aree substantial, and a low cost per foot of applied line per day of useful life is obtained. The questions raised concerning the use of premixed paint are discussed, and some of the misconceptions held about the premixed dual system are explained. Suggestions are also given on how to specify striping equipment for applying premixed paints. (Author)

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• Authors:
  • Rhudy, Harold C
  • Ritter, James R
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 9-14
• Monograph Title: TRAFFIC DELINEATION, WORK-ZONE PROTECTION, AND WINTER MAINTENANCE
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 933
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Equipment; Night visibility; Paint; Road marking materials; Savings; Service life; Specifications; Striping
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic marking materials
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00386443
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309036232
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 28 1984 12:00AM