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Description / Abstract:
Overview
This guide replaces the 1984 publication entitled, An
Informational Guide for Roadway Lighting. It has been revised
and brought up to date to reflect current practices in roadway
lighting. The guide provides a general overview of lighting systems
from the point of view of the transportation departments and
recommends minimum levels of quality. The guide incorporates the
illuminance and luminance design methods, but does not include the
small target visibility (STV) method.
Two appendices to this document are located online for reference
purposes at http://downloads.transportation.
org/lighting.pdf. Appendix A is entitled Literature Review
and References, and contains information on research studies
related to accidents and highway lighting, driver parameters,
pavement parameters, and a summary of further references. Appendix
B contains an overview of Lighting Basics, including
background information on the various issues related to effective
highway lighting.