Taxiway markings with poles and reflective yellow tape confusing.

Attributes
ACN	164863
Time
Date	199012
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 7000
ASRS Report	164863
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

Ewr far pt 139 accepts various ways to mark txwys. Ewr has poles with yellow/amber reflective tape to mark edge, along with green centerline taxiway lights. At night with rain on the ramp, the taxi guidance is difficult to follow because of excessive illumination from the ramp. Reduce illumination redirect lights, and cancel yellow reflective poles. It is difficult to follow txwys especially clearing runway 22L or right.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TXWY MARKINGS WITH POLES AND REFLECTIVE YELLOW TAPE CONFUSING.

Narrative: EWR FAR PT 139 ACCEPTS VARIOUS WAYS TO MARK TXWYS. EWR HAS POLES WITH YELLOW/AMBER REFLECTIVE TAPE TO MARK EDGE, ALONG WITH GREEN CTRLINE TXWY LIGHTS. AT NIGHT WITH RAIN ON THE RAMP, THE TAXI GUIDANCE IS DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE ILLUMINATION FROM THE RAMP. REDUCE ILLUMINATION REDIRECT LIGHTS, AND CANCEL YELLOW REFLECTIVE POLES. IT IS DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW TXWYS ESPECIALLY CLRING RWY 22L OR R.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.