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On the Quality of Street Lighting in Pedestrian Crossings

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  • Malgorzata Zalesinska

    (Division of Metrology, Electronics and Lighting Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, 60-965 Poznan, Poland)

  • Krzysztof Wandachowicz

    (Division of Metrology, Electronics and Lighting Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, 60-965 Poznan, Poland)

Abstract

The pedestrian is the least protected road user. A large number of accidents involving pedestrians occur at pedestrian crossings. Bad lighting or a complete lack of it is one of the causes of accidents in these places. Currently, there are no uniform requirements in Europe for the lighting of pedestrian crossings. Each country is trying to create its system of requirements and assessment of lighting of pedestrian crossings. Measurement procedures and required lighting parameter values often vary significantly across countries. This paper discusses the results of measurements carried out at selected pedestrian crossings using two different measurement grids. The lighting quality at the tested crossings has been assessed based on the lighting requirements in force in two EU countries. In addition, we present the results for the illuminance contrast of a measurement board, representing the silhouette of a pedestrian on a crossing, with the background. Based on the determined contrast, we attempted to verify the lighting conditions using an evaluation system described in the literature, which employs fuzzy logic algorithms.

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  • Malgorzata Zalesinska & Krzysztof Wandachowicz, 2021. "On the Quality of Street Lighting in Pedestrian Crossings," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(21), pages 1-23, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:21:p:7349-:d:672416
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    1. Piotr Jaskowski & Piotr Tomczuk & Marcin Chrzanowicz, 2022. "Construction of a Measurement System with GPS RTK for Operational Control of Street Lighting," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(23), pages 1-22, December.
    2. Alfonso Montella & Salvatore Chiaradonna & Alessandro Claudi de Saint Mihiel & Gord Lovegrove & Pietro Nunziante & Maria Rella Riccardi, 2022. "Sustainable Complete Streets Design Criteria and Case Study in Naples, Italy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(20), pages 1-27, October.
    3. Dariusz Czyżewski, 2023. "The Influence of a Photometric Distance on Luminance Measurements," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(10), pages 1-21, May.
    4. Dariusz Czyżewski, 2023. "The Photometric Test Distance in Luminance Measurement of Light-Emitting Diodes in Road Lighting," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(3), pages 1-20, January.

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