PRINCIPLES AND FIGURES OF MERIT FOR ROADWAY LIGHTING AS AN AID TO NIGHT MOTOR VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION
NIGHT USEFULNESS AND THE VALUE OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYS DEPENDS UPON LIGHTING. ALTHOUGH SOME CRITICAL AND HEAVILY-TRAVELED SECTIONS OF ROADWAY HAVE BEEN LIGHTED, MORE WILL BE PROPERLY LIGHTED, THE EXTENT DEPENDING UPON THE ATTENTION DEVOTED TO NIGHT TRAFFIC OPERATIONS. WORK IS PRESENTED OF A SMALL GROUP OF ENGINEERS AND TECHNICIANS THAT HAVE CONDUCTED RESEARCH IN THE AREA. ROADWAY LIGHTING AIDS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PREVENTS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. FIGURE OF MERIT RATINGS FOR THE SEEING AND TRAFFIC EFFECTIVENESS OF ROADWAY LIGHTING ARE RECEIVING INCREASED ATTENTION. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT ACTION FOR AFTER DARK OPERATION OF THE NATION'S MOTOR VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MUST BE ACCELERATED.
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Supplemental Notes:
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Authors:
- Rex, Charles H
- Publication Date: 1957
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Pagination: 16p
- Monograph Title: Night visibility, 1956
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Serial:
- Highway Research Board Bulletin
- Issue Number: 146
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Highway operations; Street lighting; Traffic; Traffic crashes; Traffic law enforcement
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00220436
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Jul 7 1994 12:00AM