Guidelines for freeway lighting curfews.

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• Creators:
  Zhou, Hongmin ; Hawkins, H. Gene ; Miles, Jeff D.
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Street lighting
  • Nighttime accidents
  • Curfew
  • Off peak periods
  • Morning
  • Guidelines
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-13/0-6645-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety
• Abstract:
  Roadway lighting is provided on selected highways to improve the visibility of the nighttime environment. ; Roadway lighting is typically warranted on the basis of the daily traffic volume. However, in the earlymorning ; hours, the traffic volumes may be so low as to diminish the need for roadway lighting. At present, ; the lighting infrastructure in place on Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) highways is not well ; suited to being dimmed. As a result, turning off roadway lighting during early morning hours is the only ; option. This concept is known as a lighting curfew for purposes of this research project. The lighting curfew ; section of the TxDOT 2003 Illumination Manual does not provide specific guidelines or criteria for ; implementing lighting curfews. Although lighting curfews are of interest around the country, no state has ; developed guidelines for lighting curfews, nor are there national guidelines at this time. The most significant ; potential benefits of lighting curfews include reduced power consumption and reduced light pollution. ; This project focused upon developing guidelines for implementing lighting curfews on urban freeways, ; which have the potential to impact TxDOT’s ability to manage its lighting infrastructure in an advantageous ; manner. The guidelines developed through this project identify threshold criteria under which freeway main ; lane lighting can be turned off. The guidelines also identify conditions or exceptions under which lighting ; curfews should be suspended, modified, canceled, or not used at all (such as periods of inclement weather or ; during a major late-night event).
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  Project 0-6645
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25968/dot_25968_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 888.78 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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