MILWAUKEE: A MODEL CITIES CASE STUDY

AMONG THE CONDITIONS OF FEDERAL FUNDING OF MILWAUKEE'S MODEL CITIES PROGRAM WAS THAT THE STREET ILLUMINATION BE INNOVATIVE AND CONTRIBUTE A BENEFICIAL RETURN TO THE RESIDENTS. EVENTUALLY A 250-WATT HIGH- PRESSURE SODIUM LAMP MOUNTED ON 26-FOOT LUMINAIRES SPACED 120--140 FEET APART WAS CHOSEN. CONSIDERATION WAS GIVEN TO THE FEASIBILITY OF 400-WATT LAMPS, WHICH PRODUCE NEARLY TWICE AS MUCH LIGHT AS THE 25,000 LUMENS OF THE 250-WATT LAMP, BUT THIS SEEMED UNNECESSARY IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THE SYSTEM CHOSEN PROVIDES FOUR TIMES AS MUCH LIGHT AS ANY RECOMMENDED STANDARD FOR RESIDENTIAL LIGHTING. AMONG THE OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED ARE ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION, BALLASTING, COLOR, AND PROBLEMS OF SYSTEM SELECTION.

• Authors:
  • Pleyte, A P
• Publication Date: 1973-4

Media Info

• Features: Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 24-6
• Serial:
  • Lighting Design and Application
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Illuminating Engineering Society

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Federal assistance programs; Lighting; Power; Residential areas; Sodium vapor lamps; Streets; Urban renewal
• Identifier Terms: Model Cities Program
• Old TRIS Terms: Sodium lamps
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222206
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 12 1973 12:00AM