The Missouri Department of Transportation has moved forward with a disputed multimillion-dollar contract for reflective glass beads, officials said Friday. Weissker Manufacturing LLC of Palestine, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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.