Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
This is the 2nd video in a 3 part series. The intended audience are practitioners and inspectors that are responsible for maintaining retroreflective pavement markings. The purpose of this video is to explain and demonstrate the Service Life Methods included in the report, “Methods for Maintaining Pavement Marking Retroreflectivity, FHWA-SA-22-028.” Topics include procedures for establishing the service life of pavement markings retroreflectivity, training, equipment needs, traffic control, and additional considerations and steps they will need to take before and after the actual inspection process. This video is meant to accompany the Methods Report, not to substitute for it.
Helpful links:
Retroreflective Pavement Markings – highways.dot.gov/safety/other/visibility/pavement-markings
Final Rule – federalregister.gov/documents/2022/08/05/2022-16781/national-standards-for-traffic-control-devices-the-manual-on-uniform-traffic-control-devices-for
Methods Report – highways.dot.gov/sites/fhwa.dot.gov/files/2022-09/pm_methods_fhwasa22028.pdf
MUTCD Revision 3 – mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/2009r1r2r3/pdf_index.htm?_gl=1*1bujvz4*_ga*NzQ3MTY1NjEwLjE2NDIwODcxMDE.*_ga_VW1SFWJKBB*MTY5MzU3ODQzMy4xNTguMS4xNjkzNTc4NTY5LjAuMC4w
This is the 2nd video in a 3 part series. The intended audience are practitioners and inspectors that are responsible for maintaining retroreflective pavement markings. The purpose of this video is to explain and demonstrate the Service Life Methods included in the report, “Methods for Maintaining Pavement Marking Retroreflectivity, FHWA-SA-22-028.” Topics include procedures for establishing the service life of pavement markings retroreflectivity, training, equipment needs, traffic control, and additional considerations and steps they will need to take before and after the actual inspection process. This video is meant to accompany the Methods Report, not to substitute for it.
Helpful links:
Retroreflective Pavement Markings – highways.dot.gov/safety/other/visibility/pavement-markings
Final Rule – federalregister.gov/documents/2022/08/05/2022-16781/national-standards-for-traffic-control-devices-the-manual-on-uniform-traffic-control-devices-for
Methods Report – highways.dot.gov/sites/fhwa.dot.gov/files/2022-09/pm_methods_fhwasa22028.pdf
MUTCD Revision 3 – mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/2009r1r2r3/pdf_index.htm?_gl=1*1bujvz4*_ga*NzQ3MTY1NjEwLjE2NDIwODcxMDE.*_ga_VW1SFWJKBB*MTY5MzU3ODQzMy4xNTguMS4xNjkzNTc4NTY5LjAuMC4w
