Road markings play an important role in road safety and optimizing the use of road space. They help provide information that cannot be easily conveyed using mounted signs. 1 Moreover, signage applied ...

Due to a shortage of glass beads triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the white lines being painted on Kansas highways this year tend to not reflect light as well as state officials would like. Still, ...

INDIANA, USA — Ever driven along an Indiana highway and noticed tiny sparkles lighting your way home? The Indiana Department of Transportation is shedding light on an obscure technology they claim ...

Earlier this month at Boeing Field, stripes on the tarmac were repainted. Something went badly awry. Reflective beads embedded in the paint on one taxiway came loose and were sucked into the expensive ...

The American Glass Bead Manufacturers' Association has applauded the recent passage of New Jersey legislation which limits the use of heavy metals in glass beads for highway markings. New Jersey Gov.

Seo Gang-seok, Mayor of Songpa-gu, “We Will Take the Lead in Protecting Children's Traffic Safety on Their Way to and from School” Songpa-gu (Mayor Seo Gang-seok) announced that it will be the first ...

A research project that’s exploring whether covering sea ice with tiny reflective beads could help slow climate warming is drawing concerns from Arctic communities in Alaska and tribal and ...