New Lighting Technologies and Roadway Lighting: An Informational Brochure

This informational brochure provides some information about roadway developments and how they might be incorporated into lighting practices for several types of roadways and locations in New York State. The focus is on replacement of older roadway lighting systems near the end of their useful lives, and on maintaining or improving visibility and safety while minimizing energy use and associated costs. Lighting is an important element of roadway safety. Evidence suggests that roadway lighting is usually associated with reductions in nighttime crashes. After several decades of relatively slow and gradual change, light source technologies for roadway lighting are evolving rapidly. Many new options for roadway lighting are available, and there is more information about how light interacts with the human visual system.

• Record URL:
  • https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/trans-r-and-d-repository/C-10-14_RoadwayLighting-InformationalBrochure.pdf
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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/38985
• Corporate Authors:

  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  Lighting Research Center, 21 Union Street
  Troy, NY  United States  12180

  New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

  17 Columbia Circle
  Albany, NY  United States  12203

  New York State Department of Transportation

  1220 Washington Avenue
  Albany, NY  United States  12232
• Publication Date: 2012-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 6p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway safety; Night visibility; Nighttime crashes; Street lighting; Technology; Visibility
• Geographic Terms: New York (State)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01376443
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: NTL, TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 26 2012 2:58PM