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Original Articles

A Visibility Metric for Safe Lighting of City Streets

Pages 85-91 | Published online: 20 Sep 2013

References

  • This study was conducted by the Franklin Institute Research Laboratories between August 1973 and July 1974, under Contract FH-11-8037 with the Feberal Highway Administration, entitled, “Improved warrants for illumination of urban streets.” R. H. Schwab was Contract Manager.
  • KingL. E., “Illuminance versus luminance”, HRB Special-Report 134: Highway Visibility, 1972.
  • GallagherV. P. and MequireP. G., “Contrast requirements of urban drivers”, Interim Report—Phase I, FHWA Contract No. FH-11-8037, June 1974.
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  • BlackwellH. R., “Contrast thresholds of the human eye”, Journal of the Optical Society of American, Vol. 35, No. 11, 1946.
  • Committee E-142 in Visual Performance (CIE), “Recommended method for evaluating visual performance aspects of lighting”, CIE Report No. 19, 1972.
  • BlackwellO. M., “A prescription for roadway lighting”, Lighting Design and Application, Vol. 4, No. 2, February 1974, p. 38.
  • Committee TC3.1, “Implementation procedures for evaluating visual performance aspects of light”, second draft, June 1974.
  • BaerwaldJ. E. (editor), Traffic Engineering Handbook, Institute of Traffic Engineers, Washington, D.C., 1965.
  • Personal communications, Materials Division, Office of Research and Development, Federal Highway Administration.

References

  • “A unified framework of methods for evaluating visual performance aspects of lighting”, CIE Publication No. 19, TC-3.1, International Commission on Illumination, Paris, France, 1972.
  • GallagherV. P. and MequireP. G., “Contrast requirements of urban drivers”, Transportation Research Board Bulletin, to be published.
  • BlackwellH. R. and BlackwellO. M., “Relationships between visual performance and visibility level for Landolt ring arrays”, to be published.
  • IES Lighting Handbook, 5th Edition, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, New York, N. Y., 1972.

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