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Title:

Review of the Safety Benefits and Other Effects of Roadway Lighting

Accession Number:

01710431

Record Type:

Monograph

Abstract:

As part of National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Project 5-19, a number of studies on the effects of roadway lighting on safety, crime, perceptions of security, economic development and light pollution are summarized. There is a good amount of variability among published findings, and most likely there are biases that tend to inflate the benefits of roadway lighting in terms of nighttime crash reduction and crime reduction. Nonetheless, the literature reviewed in the present report suggests that roadway lighting can contribute to reductions in nighttime crashes and to reductions in crime.

Report/Paper Numbers:

NCHRP Project 05-19

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Lighting Research Center, 21 Union Street
Troy, NY 12180 United States

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

444 North Capitol Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

National Cooperative Highway Research Program

Transportation Research Board
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Rea, Mark S
Bullough, John D
Fay, Charles R
Brons, Jennifer A
Van Derlofske, John
Donnell, Eric T

Pagination:

61p

Publication Date:

2009-6

Edition:

Final Report

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Uncontrolled Terms:

Light pollution

Subject Areas:

Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors

Files:

TRIS

Created Date:

Jun 18 2019 11:52AM