Daytime Color Appearance of Retroreflective Traffic Control Sign Materials

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The FHWA sponsored this work. This research could not have been completed without the assistance of the following personnel: Dana Duke, Lindsey Clark, Megan Hermosillo, and Erin Dagnall. Thomas Granda at FHWA as well as Stephen Fleger and William Perez provided management support for the contract under which the work was conducted.

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