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Title: Historic Streetscape Lighting: Integration of Aesthetic Concerns with Modern Technology
Accession Number: 01473738
Record Type: Component
Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Abstract: Street lighting can contribute significantly to the visual environment of a historic downtown. Lighting technologies used in modern street lighting systems are very different from those used in street lighting a century ago. The present paper compares the lamps, luminaires and design approaches used for street lighting when it was first introduced to those of the present day. Also provided are some preliminary considerations for the selection of lighting equipment to optimize the benefits of historic streetscape lighting in terms of safety, context sensitivity and historic compatibility, against the costs of street lighting in terms of equipment, energy, maintenance and light pollution concerns. Carefully designed street lighting can be an important component of maintaining historic character as well as contributing to safety in historic downtowns.
Supplemental Notes: This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AFB40 Landscape and Environmental Design.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01470560
Report/Paper Numbers: 13-4142
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Bullough, Sloane DBullough, John DPagination: 18p
Publication Date: 2013
Conference:
Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting
Location:
Washington DC, United States Media Type: Digital/other
Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables
TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; History; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure
Source Data: Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2013 Paper #13-4142
Files: PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Feb 5 2013 12:48PM
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