Approaches to Adaptive Lighting on Roadways
Adaptive lighting is an approach to lighting design that proposes to change the light level on a roadway on the basis of the needs of drivers. A review of the literature and building the connection between crashes and light level allowed the development of a system to select roadway luminance levels and then modify these levels on the basis of the needs of the driver. This adaptive lighting system uses parameters such as traffic volume, ambient light levels, pavement marking quality, intersection density, and, most important, the presence of pedestrians to allow lighting design criteria to be selected through a weighting system. As these parameters (such as traffic volume) change, a new light requirement is determined, and the lighting system can be adjusted with controllable luminaires and a master control system. Guidelines for the implementation of this system and an example are provided.
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Authors:
- Gibbons, Ronald
- Guo, Feng
- Medina, Alejandra
- Du, Jianhe
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0000-0002-7538-8818
- Terry, Travis
- Lutkevich, Paul
- Li, Qing
- Publication Date: 2015
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 26–32
- Monograph Title: Visibility and Work Zone Traffic Controls
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
- Issue Number: 2485
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Adaptive control; Highway safety; Intelligent transportation systems; Lighting systems; Pedestrians; Street lighting; Traffic volume
- Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01556842
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9780309295826
- Report/Paper Numbers: 15-4580
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Mar 12 2015 3:19PM