LIGHTS REPLACE PAINTED LINES AS PARKING GUIDES

LIGHTS IMBEDDED IN RAMPS DIRECT MOTORISTS TO A PARKING BAY AT A NEW UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE IN COLUMBUS, OHIO. THE LIGHTING SYSTEM EMPLOYS 8-IN. CYLINDER-SHAPED UNITS. THESE ARE SET 2-5/16 IN. IN THE PAVEMENT WITH A 3/8-IN. RISE OF THE CONICAL-SHAPED TOP PROTRUDING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THEY DO NOT INTERFERE WITH MOVING VEHICLES OR SNOW-REMOVAL EQUIPMENT. THE MAGDISC PANCAKE LIGHTS, USED FIRST FOR AIRCRAFT RUNWAYS, ARE PROVING ESPECIALLY SUITED FOR COMPLEX TRAFFIC PATTERNS. THEY CAN FURNISH DETAILED INFORMATION TO DRIVERS, ALERT THEM TO TURNS, HALT TRAFFIC WHERE DESIRED, PROVIDE GUIDANCE FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER, AND CHANGE THE DIRECTIONAL TRAFFIC FLOW IN MULTIPLE LANES. THIS SYSTEM FURNISHES A LIGHT INTENSITY OF OVER 600 CANDLEPOWER, MAKING IT EQUALLY VALUABLE FOR DAY OR NIGHT. COLOR-CODED LIGHT BEAMS MAY BE UNI- OR BI-DIRECTIONAL.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 80, No 10, PP 137-139
• Publication Date: 1965-10

Media Info

• Serial:
  • American City

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Color codes; Information dissemination; Lighting equipment; Luminous intensity; On street parking; Ramps; Road markings; Traffic control; Underground parking garages
• Geographic Terms: Ohio
• Old TRIS Terms: Directional pavement markings; Insert /pavement marking/
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219882
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 24 1994 12:00AM