![](media/image1.wmf){width="1.7486111111111111in"
height="1.5715277777777779in"} December 21, 2006

Mr. Manny Ojeda

Director

Department of Public Works

800 Broadway

Paterson, NJ 07505

> Dear Mr. Ojeda:
>
> Your agency previously wrote to the Federal Highway Administration
> (FHWA) requesting
>
> permission to experiment with yellow-green crosswalk markings, which
> do not comply
>
> with the national standards contained in the Manual on Uniform Traffic
> Control Devices
>
> (MUTCD). Your agency's experimentation request was numbered 7-43(Ex).
> At this time,
>
> we are writing to all agencies that have previously corresponded with
> FHWA regarding
>
> these markings to notify them that the experimentations are being
> terminated.
>
> Most experimenting jurisdictions have used the yellow-green markings
> at only a relatively few crosswalks and none have submitted any
> follow-up evaluations or data. However, the city of Chicago, Illinois,
> implemented these markings at well over 100 school crosswalks over a
> period of several years and completed a comprehensive scientific
> evaluation of the effects of the markings. Chicago's study found that
> the yellow-green crosswalk markings did not improve any quantifiable
> measures of effectiveness such as crashes or measured speeds. The
> study also found through surveys and interviews that the vast majority
> of school crossing guards, school principals, and parents believe that
> the yellow-green markings did not help to increase driver awareness,
> reduce speeds, improve yielding behaviors, or make the crosswalks feel
> safer to pedestrians. A copy of the Chicago study is enclosed for your
> reference.
>
> The FHWA has concluded from the Chicago study that yellow-green
> crosswalk markings do not improve crosswalk safety. Therefore, we are
> hereby terminating all previously approved experimentations with these
> markings and no further requests will be approved. It is not necessary
> that existing yellow-green markings be removed immediately. They may
> be allowed to wear out and not be replaced in kind. At the next
> scheduled maintenance refurbishment of the crosswalks, the crosswalks
> should be marked with standard white markings only.
>
> 2
>
> We appreciate your agency's interest in these markings as well as your
> interest in traffic safety and operations. If there are any questions
> about this matter, please feel free to contact Mr. Scott Wainwright of
> our staff by e-mail at
> [**scott.wainwright@dot.gov**](mailto:scott.wainwright@dot.gov) or by
> telephone at 202-366-0857.
>
> Sincerely yours,

Anthony T. Furst

Acting Director, Office of Transportation

Operations

Enclosure

FHWA:HOTO-1:SWainwright:ds:60857:12-21-06

cc: HOTO-1 HOTO-1(HKalla/SWainwright/PRusch)

Mr. Martin Knopp, HRC-MW Mr. Pat Hasson, HRC-MW

HDA-NJ(2) Mr. Roger Wentz, ATSSA Mr. Jim Baron, ATSSA

Mr. Ed Rice, HSA-10 Chron 3408 Reader 3408

DF(7-43(Ex))

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21 INDIVIDUAL LETTERS TO:

\[7-43(ex)\]

Mr. Manny Ojeda

Director

Department of Public Works

800 Broadway

Paterson, NJ 07505

\[7-45(Ex)\]

Mr. Mark Lewis

City Engineer

Department of Public Works

10200 Slater Avenue

Fountain Valley, CA 92708

\[7-46(Ex)\]

Mr. Bill Nighbert

Acting Transportation Secretary

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

200 Mero Street

Frankfort, KY 40622

\[7-47(Ex)\]

Mr. Jed Al-Imari

Manager

Street Department

City of Logan

950 West 600 North

Logan, UT 84321

\[7-48(Ex)\]

Mr. Max V. Phares

Traffic Engineering Manager

Public Works Department

City of Battle Creek

150 South Kendall Street

Battle Creek, MI 49015

\[7-49(ex)\]

Ms. Janet Stewart

Director, Field Operations Department

City of Avondale

395 East Lower Buckeye Road

Avondale, AZ 85323

\[7-51(Ex)\]

Mr. Devin O. Rigby

District Engineer

Idaho Transportation Department

District 4

P.O. Box 2-A

Shoshone, ID 83352-0820

\[7-52(Ex)\]

Mr. Stephen D. Nickels

Superintendent of Public Works

City of Vandalia

333 James E. Bohanan Memorial Drive

Vandalia, OH 45377

\[7-53(Ex)\]

Mr. Mario R. Flores, Jr.

Street Superintendent

Town of Gilbert Public Works

525 North Lindsay Road

Gilbert, AZ 85234

\[7-54(Ex)\]

Mr. Christopher S. Cash

Public Works Manager

City of Paramount

16400 Colorado Avenue

Paramount, CA 90723-5012

\[7-55(Ex)\]

Mr. David C. Krauth

Principal Traffic Engineer

City of Colorado Springs

P.O. Box 1575, Mail Code 450

Colorado Springs, CO 80901-1575

\[7-56(Ex)\]

Ms. Paul Porell

Traffic Engineering Director

City of Scottsdale

Transportation Department

7447 East Indian School Road, Suite 205

Scottsdale, AZ 85251

\[7-59(Ex)\]

Mr. David Barber

Director of Public Works

Village of Downers Grove

5101 Walnut Avenue

Downers Grove, IL 60515-4074

\[7-60(Ex)\]

Mr. Marco Schiappa

Director

Department of Public Works

City of Cranston

869 Park Avenue

Cranston, RI 02910

\[7-62(Ex)\]

Mr. Robert L. Moylan, Jr.

Commissioner of Public Works

City of Worcester

Department of Public Works

20 East Worcester Street

Worcester, MA 01604-3695

\[7-63(Ex)\]

Mr. Vydas Juskelis

Public Works Director

Village of Villa Park

20 South Ardmore Avenue

Villa Park, IL 60181-2696

\[7-66(Ex)\]

Mr. Tom O'Neill

Director

Public Works Department

City of New Port Richey

6420 Pine Hill Road

Port Richey, FL 34668

\[7-69(Ex)\]

Mr. Gerard Soffian

Office of the Director

Signs & Markings

New York City Department of Transportation

28-11 Queens Plaza North, 7^th^ Floor

Long Island City, NY 11101

\[7-70(Ex)\]

Mr. Charles A. Ramdatt

Transportation Engineering Division

City of Orlando

P.O. Box 4990

Orlando, FL 32802-4990

\[3-157(Ex)\]

Mr. Chuck Hydeman

Streets Division Supervisor

City of Goodyear

P.O. Box 5100

Goodyear, AZ 85338

\[3-160(Ex)\]

Mr. Bob Pierce

Public Works Director

City of Central Point

140 South Third Street

Central Point, OR 97502