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      <title>Evaluating the Impact of Improved Roadway Lighting on Nighttime Driver Behavior and Pedestrian Safety</title>
      <link>https://rip.trb.org/View/2625596</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Nighttime crashes involving pedestrians and bicyclists remain a significant safety concern, with 76% of pedestrian fatalities occurring in low-light conditions. Insufficient roadway lighting exacerbates visibility challenges, increasing crash risks for vulnerable road users (VRUs). Research indicates that enhancing street lighting can reduce pedestrian injuries by up to 50%; however, many urban corridors remain inadequately lit, leaving pedestrians and cyclists at heightened risk.  While improved roadway lighting is widely recognized as a potential countermeasure to enhance safety, existing studies rely primarily on crash data, which often lack the granularity needed to isolate its direct safety effects. Despite its intuitive benefits, empirical evidence quantifying the real-world safety impacts of lighting improvements remains limited. Understanding how enhanced lighting influences crash rates, driver behavior, and pedestrian perceptions is essential for guiding infrastructure investments and policy decisions.  This study aims to evaluate the safety effects of improved roadway lighting by analyzing changes in nighttime crash rates, driver behavior, and pedestrian perceptions. With support from the City of Milwaukee, corridors within the Pedestrian High-Injury Network (HIN) will be identified as study sites. Using a before-and-after observational study design combined with surveys, this research will examine the relationship between enhanced street lighting and safety outcomes for VRUs.  The research seeks to answer the following questions: How does improved roadway lighting impact VRU nighttime safety? Diminishing returns effect: Does the initial reduction in nighttime crashes decline over time as behavioral adaptation and other risk factors emerge? Spillover effect: Do safety benefits extend beyond the treated area, or does the intervention inadvertently shift risk to other locations or behaviors? What behavioral changes occur among drivers and VRUs in response to improved lighting? How do road users perceive the effectiveness of increased roadway lighting in terms of safety and comfort? By addressing these questions, this study will generate data-driven insights into the role of roadway lighting in improving nighttime safety. Findings will inform policy and infrastructure decisions while supporting Milwaukee and other cities in their efforts to create safer, more accessible urban environments for VRUs.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:39:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Feasibility of LED Solar Street Lighting</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Street lighting provides documented safety benefits. Because of this, many segments and intersections of Minnesota’s roadway network have some form of lighting device. Traditionally, these devices have power supplied directly through wires; however, in rural areas it is often cost prohibitive to run dedicated power to remote intersections. Recently, this wiring has become the target for theft and vandalism, causing significant damage and cost for transportation agencies. This study will attempt to address these concerns (remote areas and theft) by assessing the feasibility of solar powered illumination devices in a variety of contexts around Minnesota.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 09:25:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>PedX: Automation for Safer Pedestrian Street Lighting at Intersections</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Streetlights have performed well for drivers and vehicle visibility, and LED streetlight luminaires, with their brighter illumination, have increased that visibility. Unfortunately, streetlighting for pedestrians has not been a high priority and LED streetlights exacerbate the problem with their directional light throw and higher contrast characteristics. It is possible to stand behind an LED streetlight pole, for example, and not be seen. LED streetlights’ directional lighting compromises a driver’s ability to detect vertical objects because the light is narrowly focused down with little horizontal light scattering often places pedestrians in silhouette. Increasing intersection illumination for greater driver visibility reduces pedestrian visibility. 

This project is focused on creating---and ultimately automating---better pedestrian lighting at roadway intersections where pedestrian visibility is critical. Three items are proposed: (1) Control of LED luminaires’ individual array diodes to improve crosswalk visibility, (2) luminary positioning for optimal driver visibility of pedestrians in crosswalks and at intersection sidewalks, and (3) synchronization of the proposed PedX system with Safety21’s PedPal app at intersection streetlights. PedPal’s PI, Stephen Smith, will serve as an advisor to ensure proper system integration.  

(1) Diode Control: LED streetlight arrays illuminate each diode equally when the luminaire is activated and perform equally when dimmed. The lumen intensity is equal at the light source and object illumination decreases depending on distance from the luminaire. Streetlights located at intersection corners are brighter across the intersection and fade outward toward oncoming drivers. Given diodes’ directional properties, pedestrians are either lit from top down or backlit the closer they are to the luminaire. By independently controlling the number of lumens produced by each diode, the source light can be selectively increased to highlight pedestrians in the crosswalks and automatically maintained year-round throughout the dusk-dawn cycle.

(2) Streetlight Positioning: Streetlights are often atop the same pole that holds the traffic signal(s) with the luminaire positioned on the intersection’s diagonal axis or orthogonally in line with the signal arm. Pedestrians are either lit from the center of the intersection or in line with the pedestrian’s front/backside, not from the side as viewed by drivers. While they provide high visibility for drivers making turns, they cast pedestrians in shadows or silhouettes to oncoming drivers. In combination with diode control, positioning the luminaire is critical to good pedestrian illumination.

(3) Smartphone Application: PedPal is an app for pedestrians requiring assistance crossing intersections. PedPal provides pedestrians with intersection information, including crossing options and signalization sequencing, notifies the signal controller of intent to cross and the person’s walking speed/traversal time, sets the signalization time for safe passage, and notifies the pedestrian when to cross. Working with the PedPal research team, the study will coordinate crosswalk lighting with the app and signalization.

The research team expects this work to span two years, with the initial year (this project) dedicated to establishing the feasibility of the three outlined objectives. The subsequent year will concentrate on the development of a prototype for deployment and extensive field testing.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Oct 2024 08:23:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Integrating Non-Motorist Facility Data into Comprehensive Road Safety Assessment</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This project aims to enhance pedestrian and bicyclist safety understanding, bolster educational and professional capacities, and facilitate the practical implementation of computer vision techniques in transportation planning and engineering, ultimately leading to safer transportation systems for pedestrians and cyclists. The project will address challenges in gathering pedestrian facilities data and assessing safety concerns for pedestrians and bicyclists, encompassing a comprehensive process involving literature review, case study design, data collection and preparation, model development and validation, result analysis, and recommendation formulation. Through innovative approaches utilizing satellite images and image processing techniques such as spatial analytics and deep learning models, the project intends to extract crucial information about pedestrian and bicyclist facilities and nighttime streetlight conditions. By leveraging deep neural networks and statistical analysis, the project aims to compare longitudinal datasets, predict injury risks, identify high-risk areas, and unravel potential risk factors and relationships contributing to pedestrian and bicycle accidents, thereby informing evidence-based decisions and interventions. The  outcomes of this project will be disseminated through technical reports and academic discussion, contributing to the understanding of non-motorist safety, encouraging further research, and providing educational resources for transportation programs.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2023 08:18:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fatigue Resistance of Fluted Lighting Poles</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This project will conduct experimental fatigue tests to determine resistance to cracking of fluted lighting poles.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2023 11:17:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fatigue Characterization of Galvanized Welded Connections</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Galvanizing is a common corrosion protection method used in highway structures, particularly for sign and lighting structures, and increasingly for bridge applications. There is some evidence of premature fatigue cracking occurring in in-service galvanized structures, and some limited studies have demonstrated lower fatigue resistance of galvanized specimens compared against non-galvanized specimens. These studies have been focused on a limited number of full-scale tests, and the issue of reduced fatigue strength of welded connections has not been studied in a systematic manner.
To investigate the fatigue performance of welded connections that have been galvanized, a series of 10 welded specimens will be tested under cyclic fatigue loading. The geometry of the fatigue specimens is shown in Figure 1. The specimens will be fabricated from two plates that have been joined with a submerged arc weld (SAW) and verified to be free of defects with radiographic tests.
Seven of the specimens will be galvanized before testing, and three of the specimens will be left as black steel (ungalvanized) and tested as control specimens. Galvanizing will be performed at the University of Kansas in the Learned Highbay; an active/charged galvanizing kettle is available for use in that facility for this project. All specimens to be galvanized will be dipped for a consistent amount of time (anticipated to be approximately 20 minutes) so that coatings are developed with similar thicknesses. Specimens will be prepared through degreasing and pickling or blasting before galvanizing.
It is anticipated that all fatigue tests will be performed at a stress range of 20 ksi, which is greater than the constant-amplitude fatigue limit for Category B fatigue details (16 ksi). Test results between galvanized and ungalvanized specimens will be compared to characterize the sensitivity of welded connections under fatigue loading to galvanizing. Fatigue testing will be performed using the closed-loop servo-controlled Instron universal testing machine in the Lutz Fatigue & Fracture Laboratory at KU. 
To supplement information gained through the fatigue tests, a series of Charpy V-Notch (CVN) specimens will also be tested, as a reasonable proxy for fracture resistance. The purpose of the CVN tests will be to study the toughness of galvanized steel vs. ungalvanized steel. Three groups of CVN specimens will be considered: ungalvanized CVNs, CVNs fabricated from the steel plate and then galvanized, and CVNs fabricated from the plate after it has been galvanized. Thirty CVN specimens from each group (90 total) will be tested using an impact hammer in the Lutz Fatigue & Fracture Laboratory at the University of Kansas.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2022 17:27:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Development of Updated Warrants for Roadway Lighting</title>
      <link>https://rip.trb.org/View/1957083</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Many state departments of transportation (DOTs) and other agencies use warrants to define the need for roadway lighting. In the United States, lighting warrants are found in the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Roadway Lighting Design Guide (RLDG), while the primary Canadian resource is the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) Guide for the Design of Roadway Lighting. Although the AASHTO RLDG is currently in its seventh edition, the warranting system included within the RLDG has not changed significantly from its development in the early 1980s. Since then, there has been recent development of active safety systems in vehicles, solid-state lighting (SSL), and the implementation of the use of crash modification factors (CMFs) in roadway safety analysis.

Currently, the RLDG does not address safety-based alternatives to roadway lighting (e.g., retroreflective pavement marking and roadside delineators) or address the cost/benefit of roadway lighting as a safety measure as compared to other safety alternatives, resulting in inconsistency as to where and when roadway lighting is applied. Further, there is a growing concern about balancing the safety benefits of roadway lighting while aiming to reduce potential environmental impacts, such as energy use and impacts to wildlife.

To assist state DOTs with the identification and selection of appropriate roadway lighting applications, research is needed to develop updated warrants that provide consistency with respect to how roadway lighting is applied as a safety countermeasure.

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this research is to (1) develop updated lighting warrants that consider the latest lighting and traffic engineering practices with an emphasis on safety and (2) evaluate the justification for lighting considering alternative safety treatments, environmental factors, and safety impacts on new lighting technologies and vehicle technologies.

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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2022 11:31:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Guide for Lighting at Innovative Intersections/Interchanges, including Roundabouts



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      <link>https://rip.trb.org/View/1957085</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Innovative intersections and interchanges are junctions of two or more roads that do not use traditional intersection or interchange layouts. Examples include diverging diamonds, restricted crossing U-turns, displaced left turns, and roundabouts. Most innovative intersections/interchanges installed in the United States have roadway lighting, in part because lighting is supported by Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) Alternative Intersection and Interchange Report, and NCHRP Report 672: Roundabouts: An Informational Guide, second edition. Lighting, however, adds significantly to construction and maintenance costs, which can be a barrier to constructing roundabouts and other innovative intersections/interchanges. Research is needed to help practitioners determine what factors, in addition to safety, should be considered when designing lighting at these locations, such as social, environmental, economic impacts, maintenance, constructability, community concerns, and light pollution.  

The objective of this project is to develop a practitioners’ guide for lighting at innovative intersections/interchanges, including roundabouts that (1) documents quantitative safety benefits associated with lighting for motorists and vulnerable road users (e.g., motorcyclists, pedestrians, bicyclists) at innovative intersections/interchanges; (2) establishes evidence-based criteria for determining whether or not to install lighting; and (3) identifies best practices, noteworthy considerations, and emerging approaches for lighting design at innovative intersections/interchanges, including roundabouts.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2022 16:53:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Performance and Contextual Analysis of Roadway Lighting Systems</title>
      <link>https://rip.trb.org/View/1909925</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Roadway lighting is a common countermeasure used to increase visibility at night or in poor weather conditions and may offer substantial safety benefits for all road users. With the advent of LED and adaptive roadway lighting systems, lighting characteristics can be adjusted as a function of need as well as to control for unintended effects. These systems are believed to provide effective safety performance potentially at a lower cost and energy requirements as compared to traditional sodium based lighting systems.    Nevertheless, decisions regarding the appropriate level of light to provide a given freeway, highway rest area or interchange, or urban streetscape are dependent upon localized characteristics, climate, and circumstances. What may seem like the ideal light level to support the safety of vehicular users may be less beneficial or even harmful to vulnerable road users and/or nearby environmental and/or community resources. Furthermore, the qualities of light, such as the color temperature, spectrum, uniformity or degree of glare may also interfere with producing safety outcomes for all users. This creates a need to strike an appropriate balance to maximize safety benefits while controlling for and avoiding harmful impacts, where needed.    While the AASHTO Highway Safety Manual and other literature provide guidelines to support decisions on the appropriate application of light for different contexts, the industry could use more robust information and analysis tools to assist in decision making over the appropriate quantity and quality of light to provide for different environments, contexts and purposes.   Research is needed to produce guidelines for agencies seeking to balance the costs and benefits of different lighting strategies for a given facility, including but not necessarily limited to procedures and methods to identify, measure and analyze the various benefits and disbenefits of lighting strategies under consideration for a given highway or site to inform decision making.     
The objectives of this research are to:   
(1) Identify and document the potential costs and benefits of the applications of different overhead roadway lighting strategies on roadway users and stakeholders. This would include considerations of fixed, adaptable, continuous, or targeted lighting with respect to a given highway or site. Considerations of the different uses and effects of lighting in rural and urban contexts are desired, as well as lighting targeted to highway facilities such as rest areas and interchanges. This would include a thorough review of safety benefits for different users as well as potential negative impacts of roadway lighting on the surrounding environment, communities and affected activities such as night sky viewing. The research will not compare or recommend proprietary lighting products or systems for a given application.   
(2) Develop a procedural framework for state DOTs to use to identify, analyze and predict the potential benefits and costs of different lighting scenarios for a given project study area. This framework would include the identification and application of appropriate data inputs, including internal agency, community and stakeholder input, to inform a comprehensive analysis of costs and benefits of different lighting strategies. Development of software or a website is not requested and cannot be supported by NCHRP.    
(3) Develop one or more decision tools to improve agencies’ ability to evaluate specific lighting needs, design and implementation challenges for a given location or strategy.    These resources may be compiled into a single comprehensive report or provided as separate deliverables as determined appropriate by the proposers.     ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2022 16:29:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Guidelines for Solid-State Roadway Lighting</title>
      <link>https://rip.trb.org/View/1864201</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The lighting industry has changed dramatically over the past decade. The optics of legacy high intensity discharge (HID), full-cutoff luminaires were restricted to the lamp and reflector design; these lamps emit light in almost every direction, which must then be reflected to the roadway. Roadway luminaires have moved beyond this design through the vast possibilities presented by solid-state lighting (SSL)—at present, in the form of light emitting diodes (LED)--which also boasts lower energy usage, reduced maintenance, and improved color. AASHTO target light levels are calculated over a grid limited to the traveled roadway. Any light that lands outside of the calculation grid is not quantified in the average and uniformity results, but is still present with roadway luminaires and may provide a safety benefit. With the greater ability to control the distribution and the sharp cutoff at the edges with SSL luminaires, light levels beyond the calculation grid may be dramatically reduced, but a design may still meet the AASHTO criteria. Therefore, research is needed to investigate the application of AASHTO criteria to SSL roadway lighting and, if the results dictate, provide guidance for light level criteria for areas immediately adjacent to the traveled roadway when using SSL luminaires. Additional research is also needed to explore the benefits and challenges of adaptive lighting and provide further guidelines for its use, as well as the environmental and health effects of roadway lighting.
 
The objectives of this project were to develop more comprehensive guidelines in AASHTO standard format for the application of roadway lighting related to the widespread adoption of SSL, and to identify gaps in knowledge where possible future research will enhance these guidelines. The research shall complement and supplement the ongoing efforts of the AASHTO Roadway Lighting Committee on the usage of SSL lighting.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2021 17:42:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Development of Automated Roadway Lighting Diagnosis Tools for Nighttime Traffic Safety Improvement, Phase II</title>
      <link>https://rip.trb.org/View/1756015</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Roadway lighting is roadway infrastructure used to ensure nighttime safety and security for multimodal road users. Key tasks in nighttime safety management include periodically measuring roadway lighting levels, diagnosing lighting performance and safety impacts, and providing decision-making support for lighting maintenance and upgrade. This project aims to enhance the Automated Roadway Lighting Diagnosis Tools developed in a previous CTEDD project (Phase I), including developing and integrating safety/lighting analysis methods for pedestrians/bicyclists and light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs, enhancing roadway lighting diagnosis algorithms, analyzing economic appraisals, and improving user interface and processing speed. The enhanced computer tools, which are expected to reach Technology Readiness Level 8: Technology Proven in Operational Environment, will be implemented in Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District 7 lighting measurement projects. This project will support multi-disciplinary collaboration for faculty and students in transportation engineering, computer science, and electrical engineering. The collaboration will also involve two stakeholders, including a government agency (FDOT District 7) and a private sector firm (Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. [JMT]), which will provide support and assistance for data collection, system design, diagnosis evaluation, and technology transfer. A comprehensive technology transfer plan will be developed after the research, including implementation of the developed methods and tools in lighting measurement projects in collaboration with stakeholders, presentations and publications, open source codes provided to the public, integration of research materials into coursework, and workshops for the Florida Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP). Through technology transfer, the project results will be beneficial to roadway lighting and safety managers for infrastructure performance monitoring and maintenance. The open algorithms and source codes also will be beneficial to researchers and practitioners for future research and practice.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2020 18:29:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Reduce Pedestrian Fatal Crashes in Louisiana by Improving Lighting Conditions</title>
      <link>https://rip.trb.org/View/1745981</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The primary objective of this study is to investigate the impact of lighting conditions on
pedestrian crashes. The major objectives are learning and documenting lighting policies, guidelines, and practices in Louisiana as well as other states. Emphasis will be given to street lighting polices with a focus on pedestrians. Secondly, lighting conditions will be investigated at intersections, crosswalks, and various other locations where frequent pedestrian crashes occur, and the impact on pedestrian safety will be studied. Based on analysis, targeted practical lighting requirements will be recommended. Finally, suggestions will be made on crash coding modification in the pedestrian crash report (lighting conditions, types of lighting such as street, business, parking, or residential houses, etc.).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 11:25:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Guide to the Contextual Application of Overhead Lighting on Highways



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      <link>https://rip.trb.org/View/1707197</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Roadway lighting is a common countermeasure used to increase visibility at night or in poor weather conditions, and may offer substantial safety benefits for all road users. With the advent of light emitting diode (LED) and adaptive roadway lighting systems, lighting characteristics can be adjusted as a function of need as well as to control for unintended effects. These systems are believed to provide effective safety performance potentially at a lower cost and energy requirements compared with traditional lighting systems.

Decisions regarding the appropriate level of light to provide a given freeway, highway rest area or interchange, or urban streetscape are dependent upon localized characteristics, climate, and other circumstances. What may seem like the ideal quantity of light to support the safety of vehicular users may be less beneficial or even harmful to vulnerable road users, the environment, or community groups. Furthermore, the qualities of light, such as the color, intensity, uniformity, or degree of glare may also impact safety outcomes for all users. This creates a need to strike an appropriate balance to maximize safety benefits while controlling for and avoiding harmful impacts.
 
While the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Highway Safety Manual and other literature provide guidelines to support decisions on the appropriate application of light for different contexts, the industry seeks more robust information and analysis tools to assist in decision-making about the appropriate quantity and quality of light for different environments, contexts, and purposes. Considerations of the different uses and effects of lighting in rural, urban, and suburban contexts are desired, as well as lighting targeted to highway facilities such as rest areas and interchanges. The research will not compare or recommend proprietary lighting products or systems for a given application.
 
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this research is to develop a guide for state departments of transportation (DOTs) seeking direction on the appropriate quantity and quality of overhead light for a given highway. This would include considerations of fixed, adaptable, continuous, or targeted lighting with respect to a given highway or site.
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2020 18:48:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Gaps and Emerging Technologies in the Application of Solid-State Roadway Lighting</title>
      <link>https://rip.trb.org/View/1669980</link>
      <description><![CDATA[NCHRP Project 05-22, Guidelines for Solid-State Roadway Lighting, produced a Solid-State Roadway Lighting Design Guide and a proposed specification for state department of transportation (DOT) adoption of solid-state lighting (SSL) luminaires; these products are intended to supplement the AASHTO Roadway Lighting Design Guide. Research is needed to address several gaps remaining from Project 05-22 in the application of SSL in roadway lighting and to consider the impact of emerging technologies. This project shall complement and supplement the ongoing efforts of the AASHTO Roadway Lighting Committee on the use of SSL. The objective of this project was to conduct new research or complement ongoing research on selected SSL roadway lighting topics within the constraints of the project budget.
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 10:22:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Development of Automated Roadway Lighting Diagnosis Tools for Nighttime Traffic Safety Improvement</title>
      <link>https://rip.trb.org/View/1635484</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Roadway lighting is a basic roadway infrastructure to ensure nighttime safety and security for all road users (motorists, pedestrians, cyclists, and transit passengers). To cost-effectively maintain a roadway lighting system, key tasks in infrastructure management include periodically measuring roadway lighting levels, diagnosing lighting performance based on collected data, and providing decision-making support for maintenance and improvement. This project aims to develop innovative methods and tools to effectively and precisely recognize poor lighting patterns and predict associated nighttime crash risks using machine learning and deep learning models. Big lighting data collected for around 400 center-miles in Florida since 2012 (millions of measure points) will be used for core model training. Computer tools will be developed to integrate diagnosis models and data visualization functions. The tools will be tested in a real roadway environment and are expected to reach Technology Readiness Level 7: Prototype Demonstrated in Operational Environment. This project will support multi-disciplinary collaboration for both faculty and students, including transportation engineering, computer science, and electrical engineering. The collaboration will also involve two stakeholders, including a government agency (Florida Department of Transportation [FDOT] District 7) and a private sector firm (Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. [JMT]), which will provide support and assistance for data collection, system design, diagnosis evaluation, and technology transfer. A comprehensive technology transfer plan will be developed after the research, including implementation of the developed methods and tools in lighting measurement projects collaborated with stakeholders, presentations and publications, open source codes provided to the public, integration of research materials into coursework, and workshops in the Florida Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP). Through technology transfer, the project results will be beneficial to roadway lighting and safety managers for infrastructure performance monitoring and maintenance. The open algorithms and source codes also will be beneficial to researchers and practitioners for future research and practice.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2019 10:59:39 GMT</pubDate>
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