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                CHAPTER 5 - REFERENCES
*Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices*. U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., 2000.
	Mace, D.J., K. Perchonok, and L.E. Pollack. *Traffic Signs in Complex Visual Environments*. FHWA-RD-82-102, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., 1982.
	Mace, D.J., R.B. King, and G.W. Dauber. *Sign Luminance Requirements for Various Background Complexities. Final Report*. FHWA-RD-85-056, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., 1985.
	Mace, D.J., R.S. Hostetter, L.E. Pollack, and W.D. Zweig. *Minimal Luminance Requirement for Official Highway Signs. Executive Summary. Final Report*. FHWA-RD-86-150, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., 1986.
	Mace, D.J., R.S. Hostetter, L.E. Pollack, and W.D. Zweig. *Minimal Luminance Requirements for Official Highway Signs. Final Report*. FHWA-RD-86-151, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., 1986.
	McGee, H.W. and D.J. Mace. *Retroreflectivity of Roadway Signs for Adequate Visibility: a Guide. Final Report*. FHWA-DF-88-001, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., 1988.
	Mace, D.J., P.M. Garvey, and R.F. Heckard. *Relative Visibility of Increased Legend Size Vs. Brighter Materials for Traffic Signs. Final Report*. FHWA-RD-94-035, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., 1994.
	Paniati, J.F. and D.J. Mace. *Minimum Retroreflectivity Requirements for Traffic Signs, Technical Report*. FHWA-RD-93-077, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., October 1993.
	Paniati, J.F. and D.J. Mace. *Minimum Retroreflectivity Requirements for Traffic Signs, Summary Report*. FHWA-RD-93-152, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., October 1993.
	McGee, H. W. and J.F. Paniati. *An Implementation Guide for Minimum Retroreflectivity Requirements for Traffic Signs*. FHWA-RD-97-052, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., 1998.
	McGee, H.W. and S. Taori. *Impacts on State and Local Agencies for Maintaining Traffic Signs within Minimum Retroreflectivity Guidelines*, FHWA-RD-97-053, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., 1998.
	Carlson, P.J., H.G. Hawkins, G. Schertz, K.S. Opiela, and D.J. Mace. Developing Updated Minimum In-Service Retroreflectivity Values for Traffic Signs. In *Transportation Research Record*1824, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 2003.
	Carlson, P.J. and H.G. Hawkins. *Updated Minimum Retroreflectivity Levels for Traffic Signs*. FHWA-RD-03-081, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., 2003 draft report.
	Mercier, C.R., C. Goodspeed, C.J. Simmons, and J.F. Paniati. Evaluation of Proposed Minimum Retroreflectivity Requirements for Traffic Signs. In *Transportation Research Record 1495*, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1995.
	Schoettle, B., M. Sivak, and M.J. Flannagan. *High-beam and Low-beam Headlighting Patterns in the U.S. and Europe at the Turn of the Millennium*. UMTRI-2001-19, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2001.
      
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                Book:Workshops on Nighttime Visibility of Traffic Signs: Summary of Workshop Findings
              CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION
                CHAPTER 2 - NIGHT RETROREFLECTIVITY DEMONSTRATION
                CHAPTER 3 - SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
                CHAPTER 4 - RECOMMENDATIONS
                CHAPTER 5 - REFERENCES
                APPENDIX A - MUTCD RETROREFLECTIVITY HISTORY
                APPENDIX B - RETROREFLECTIVITY ADVANCE NOTICE
                APPENDIX C - SUMMARY OF 1995 WORKSHOPS
                APPENDIX D - 1993 AND 1998 MINIMUM RETROREFLECTIVITY RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS
                APPENDIX E - AASHTO POLICY RESOLUTION
                APPENDIX F - WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS
                APPENDIX G - ORGANIZATIONS' RETROREFLECTIVITY POLICIES
                APPENDIX H - WORKSHOP MUTCD LANGUAGE
                APPENDIX I - QUESTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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