WARRANTS FOR HIGHWAY LIGHTING

The report presents a design process for highway lighting, based on the concept that the purpose of lighting is to improve nighttime visual communications efficiency through provision of the motorist's informational needs, which are classified on the basis of varying geometric, operational and environmental conditions within the highway system. A priority model has been developed based on lighting effectiveness, vehicles or people served, light intensity, size of facility, and annual costs. The report illustrates how to apply the process and how to make cost-effectiveness evaluations of lighting-design alternatives.

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• Authors:
  • Walton, N E
  • Rowan, N J
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 117 p.
• Serial:
  • NCHRP Report
  • Issue Number: 152
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0077-5614

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Design; Environmental impacts; Evaluation; Geometry; Mathematical models; Motorist aid systems; Night visibility; Operations; Strategic planning; Street lighting; Traffic control warrant
• Old TRIS Terms: Operational effects
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Design; Environment; Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00081234
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt., Project 58 FY70
• Contract Numbers: HR 5-8
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 6 1975 12:00AM