ROAD LIGHTING FIVE YEARS ON - PROBLEMS, PROGRAMS AND POTENTIAL IN A METROPOLITAN COUNTY COUNCIL

South Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council's new lighting responsibilities under the Local Government Act 1972 are explained, and details of its lighting policy are included. The structure of the county's lighting department with its management control lines is illustrated. The author gives details of lighting maintenance programmes which have been developed, and has tabulated the annual expenditure on improvement schemes. Estimated costs are given for the replacement of obsolete lighting units, and lighting improvement programmes e.g., changeover to low pressure sodium lighting, are included. Reference is made to the introduction of photoelectric switching and to energy conservation. A description is given of the county's road safety unit which undertakes accident analysis and investigation. The effect of road lighting on night time accident rate is noted. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Mechanical Engineers

  1 Birdcage Walk
  London SW1H 9JJ,   England 
• Authors:
  • MORRIS, W
• Publication Date: 1979-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 133-138
• Serial:
  • Chartered Mechanical Engineer
  • Volume: 106
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Costs; Crash rates; Energy conservation; Legislation; Local government; Local government agencies; Maintenance; Maintenance management; Night; Policy; Safety; Sodium; Sodium vapor lamps; Street lighting; Switching
• Uncontrolled Terms: Photoelectrical; Photoelectricity; Replacement costs; Responsibilities
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Sodium lamps
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 155: Administration; 224: Cost; 212: Energy conservation; 1556: Legislation; 545: Lighting (street); 192: Local authority; 3847: Maintenance; 9052: Night; 6913: Photoelectrical; 173: Policy; 1665: Safety; 7197: Sodium; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Energy; Environment; Finance; Highways; Law; Maintenance and Preservation; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00310306
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1980 12:00AM