DEGAROUTE® CREATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL ROAD MARKINGS ® CONTENTS DEGAROUTE A PIONEER IN EXPERTISE AND TECHNICAL SERVICE 3 ABOUT DEGAROUTE® ABOUT DEGAROUTE® MMA network, to ensure the long customers and associates worldwide 4 AMERICAS DEGAROUTE® is the trademark of term supply of raw materials and with technical assistance and exper- 5 Red Bus Lane in New York City, USA Röhm for the world´s most renowned sustainable quality for our customers. tise, as well as with training courses 6 Green Bike Lane in Syracuse, USA resins which are used as binders in and further marketing services. 7 High Visibility Crosswalks in Denver, USA the production of durable cold plas- Röhm‘s long-lasting DEGAROUTE® 8 Colorful Safe Spaces in Mexico City, Mexico tic road markings. Being the pioneer solutions are available on all five All of this has one goal: to make safe 9 Road Safety in Medellin, Colombia of road marking resins since 1960, continents, reaching every corner road markings available in all parts 10 Form Stable Profile Markings, Brazil the production has become seam- of the Earth. Furthermore, the of the world. lessly back-integrated into Röhm’s DEGAROUTE® team supports its 11 EUROPE 12 Field Trial, Upper Harz Mountains, Germany 13 Area Marking on Concrete, Germany 14 Safety Marking at Federal Road, Germany 15 Rumble Stripes, Germany 16 Roundabout, Austria 17 Lillehammer Bridge, Norway 18 Biking to Lectures, Turkey ROAD MARKINGS 19 MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA, INDIA INFORMATION, GUIDANCE AND 20 Highway Line Markings, Egypt 21 Speed Transition Limit in Dubai, UAE 22 Anti-Blackening Triangular Humps in Dubai, UAE PROTECTION FOR MILLIONS OF ROAD USERS WORLDWIDE. 23 ASIA PACIFIC 24 Toll Lane Area Marking in Osaka, Japan 25 Kayemo Expressway, China 26 Structure Markings on Le’e Road, China ABOUT COLD PLASTICS BASED load from subzero to high tempera- KEY FEATURES: 27 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, China ON DEGAROUTE® tures, cold plastic road markings to- • Durability 28 Zebra Crossing, China Cold plastics were originally invented day provide long lasting functionality • Form stable and clearly visible at 29 School Zones, Thailand by the company Degussa – now in all climate zones including cold high temperatures and traffic load 30 High Friction Surface, Thailand Röhm – in the 1960s as a high quali- Alaska to hot Middle East. • CO2 reduction due to longer 31 Red Box Motorcyclists, Indonesia ty alternative to paints and thermo- DEGAROUTE® resins are used as service life plastics in order to withstand winter binders for the production of two- • Any form, any shape, any color service e.g. studded tire traffic on component cold plastic materials • Excellent wet-night visibility the German highway system. Thanks that are chemically cured upon addi- • Low VOC and low microplastic to excellent wear resistance and high tion of a hardener component to emissions form stability even at high traffic form a cold plastic road marking. • Longlasting safety functionality thanks to high wear resistance and excellent glass bead and aggregate retention 2 3 PROJECT PROFILE | AMERICAS AMERICAS RED BUS LANE NEW YORK CITY, USA PROJECT OBJECTIVE cold weather and stand up to snow tic, DEGAROUTE® based cold plastic Traffic jams are part of the daily plows. Another requirement was that road markings show excellent adhe- routine for many New Yorkers. To the material could be applied on sion to concrete, have double the life smoothen the public traffic flow, concrete surfaces. Their current cycle, are UV stable and can adhere the city has introduced colored bus specification for thermoplastic road to itself for refreshing if necessary. lanes to help this mode of transpor- markings was not fulfilling this crite- Another attribute of the resin is the tation get past queues of traffic and ria, so the city turned to cold plastic high dimensional stability of the for- pull away first when the traffic light for area marking applications. mulations which means no softening changes. These priority lanes for DEGAROUTE® based road markings in heat and remains flexible in harsh busses have contributed to a signifi- can be applied in temperatures be- winters. cant improvment of traffic flow. low 45 °F (7 °C), hold up well under snow plowing and can be applied on New York City was looking for a ma- both existing and new concrete and terial that could both be installed in asphalt surfaces. Unlike thermoplas- SITE APPLICATION COUNTRY USA SYSTEM Area marking LOCATION New York City, NY SURFACE Asphalt ROAD 125th Street PREPARATION Water blast APPLICATION DATE July 2016 EQUIPMENT Manual mix application 4 5 PROJECT PROFILE | AMERICAS PROJECT PROFILE | AMERICAS GREEN BIKE LANE HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALKS SYRACUSE, USA DENVER, USA PROJECT OBJECTIVE and extended color retention of The “Connective Corridor” is a show- the area markings, but the eco- case for green infrastructure, incor- friendliness achieved through the porating a number of multidisci- application process fulfilled the plinary projects that reshape the City sustainability vision of the of Syracuse and provide multiple en- “Connective Corridor”. vironmental benefits. As part of this “Connective Corridor”, the city of According to the city, the new “green- Syracuse has applied green bike lanes, way” bike lanes also represent a novel or “greenways”, using DEGAROUTE® approach to emerging technologies. based cold plastic area markings to This new generation resin provides provide a safer biking network for exceptional durability on asphalt and students and residents navigating concrete, skid-resistance, and the PROJECT OBJECTIVE DEGAROUTE® based area markings trians to safely cross the street, also through the city. highest reflective values for safety. The Colorado Department of Trans- were installed to define red cross- at night and during rainfall. portation aimed at decreasing the walks with white accent stripes in This new green bike network in The bike lane in the Syracuse was number of vehicle-pedestrian crash- order to increase pedestrian safety. The largest of the crosswalks in Syracuse was one of the first in the a two phase project with a total of es by redesigning crosswalks at The red color draws attention to the Denver is spanning 16 lanes of traf- country to implement new MUTCD 28,000 ft2 (2,600 m2) of green bike three high-traffic intersections in the crosswalk and catches the attention fic. The marking material covered a interim standards for green as a uni- lane. These were the first of many Denver metro area (Colorado Boule- of both pedestrians and drivers. The 4,750 ft2 (441 m2) area and reflective versal bike lane color. Not only was green DEGAROUTE® based cold vard & East Colfax Avenue, East 14th high-friction surface ensures grip beads were added to the surface of the city interested in the durability plastic bikeways across the country. Avenue, and East Montview Boulevard). and retro-reflectivity allows pedes- the accent stripe. SITE APPLICATION SITE APPLICATION COUNTRY USA SYSTEM One-layer area marking COUNTRY USA SYSTEM One-layer area marking LOCATION Syracuse, NY SURFACE Asphalt LOCATION Denver, CO EQUIPMENT Manual Intersections of Colorado Blvd and East Colfax ROAD University of Syracuse/City of Syracuse PREPARATION Swept, scraped and blew debris off the surface ROAD Ave, East 14th Ave, and East Montview Blvd AGGREGATE #1 Silica sand APPLICATION DATE August – September 2012 EQUIPMENT Manual mix application APPLICATION DATE August – September 2012 MARKING 100 mils (2 – 3 mm) PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE • The bike lane was completely cured and ready for use within Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) • CDOT foresees that the newly applied crosswalks 45 minutes Testimonial: based on cold plastic will have the same effect as • Since the application, both the City and Syracuse University • Prior to installing contrast area markings to the seen at the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and have been very satisfied with the project results crosswalks at the intersection of Colorado Boule- Louisiana Avenue. • Still looks great after many years vard and Louisiana Avenue, an average of two peop- • Since this project, Denver has continued to apply le were being struck each year by oncoming vehicles. more red crosswalks using DEGAROUTE® based • Since installing the area markings, there has only material. been 1 person hit within the past 3 years. Bike lane in 2018 after 6 years in service Photos © Transpo Industries Photos 1 + 3 © Transpo Industries, Photo 2 © Google Maps 6 7 PROJECT PROFILE | AMERICAS PROJECT PROFILE | AMERICAS COLORFUL SAFE SPACES ROAD SAFETY MEXICO CITY, MEXICO MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA PROJECT OBJECTIVE One of these “public pocket parks” ness of 0.6 mm (25 mils), using auto- The implementation of “public pock- was transformed to designate an mated spray equipment and tem- et parks” throughout Mexico City ex- area where car rentals by the hour plates to ensure a precise design. emplify how authorities are trans- could be parked, thus sparking a Due to the rapid application process forming underutilized areas into decrease in the use of alternate and curing capabilities of the system flexible public spaces that provide means of transport and creating based on DEGAROUTE®, each pe- pedestrians with a designated area colorful spaces for coexistence destrian area was completely pass- to enjoy recreation and relaxation, using DEGAROUTE® resins. able within 45 minutes. The UV resis- while also enhancing the community tance and excellent adhesion of the with unique designs created by local Covering an area of 800 m2 (8,611 newly applied area markings will en- companies and institutions. ft2), the area markings were applied sure optimal color stability and du- PROJECT OBJECTIVE the number of conflicts among road from January 2013 and August 2017, to the asphalt substrate at a thick- rability for years to come. Medellin has shown a strong com- users and are also receiving positive 45 accidents had been recorded, mitment to the implementation of feedback from citizens. which is an average of 9.5 per year.