The American Disabilities Act (ADA) recognizes the significance of a city’s pathway infrastructure and is set out to make certain they pose no barrier to the mobility-impaired pedestrian by implementing a Public Right of Way Accessibilities Guidelines (PROWAG).

It began with the Richland County Ohio Engineer’s office. They set out to inventory and inspect all their roadway pavement markings. The Richland County Engineer, Adam Gove, P.E., P.S., stated, “When evaluating the condition of our County Roads, it became clear that our pavement marking inventory was out of date. We did not have an effective way of tracking which roads had pavement markings, when they were last repainted, and what type of material was used when last applied…”.