Lecture-5 Street Lighting

Md. Manik Mia

Lecturer
Sonargaon University
 Street Lighting
 For night driving good visibility is a prerequisite for safer
traffic operation.
 Perception time will be greater at low level of
illumination.
 A large proportion of the road accidents are caused
in the night and one of the main reasons is the
insufficient lighting.
 Absence of street light, forced drivers to use
high-beam of head lights-which cause glaring
problem and often lead to serve accidents.
 Street Lighting

Objectives or Benefits:

Reduces use of High-

beam.
Reduces night time
crime.
Make drivers
confident in their
driving.
Encourages use of full
roadway width.
 Locations where need more lights
 Road intersections
 Hazardous sections like roundabout, sharp bend, bridge,
tunnels
 Where there are high proportions of road users i.e.
pedestrians.
 Hazardous objects like road humps, channelizing islands
etc.
 Channelizing Islands
Roundabout
Arrangement/layout of Street Lighting
• Single Side
• Both Sides ( Staggered, Opposite)
• Central
• Single post single arm
• Single post double arms
• Single post multile(much) arms
• Single post with flower arrangement
Staggered street light Opposite street light
 Design Problem
An urban secondary road, with 50ft pavement
width having a reflectance of 10%, carries a
maximum of 1000 vph at night-time in both
directions. Design lighting system of the road
considering sodium light source with mounting
height of 40ft and a maintenance factor of 0.8.

Draw the lighting layout.

 Table 1: Recommended Average ILLumination (lumens/ft2)

Vehicular Traffic (vph)

Pedestrian
Traffic Very Light Medium Heavy
light (150-500) (500-1200) (>1200)
(<150)
Heavy - 0.8 1.0 1.2

Medium - 0.6 0.8 1.0

Light 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8

Heavy: As on main business streets

Medium: As on secondary business streets

Light: As on local streets

Table 2: Adjustment Factors For Recommended Average
ILLumination Values

Surface Reflectance Adjustment Factors

3% or Less 1.5

10% 1.0

20% or more 0.75

 Table 3: Lighting Source Characteristics
Source Types Expected Life Lighting Wattage
(hrs) Efficiency (Watt)
(Lumens/Watt
)
Tungsten 1000 8-14 Up to 1000

Fluorescent 6000 50-75 Up to 250

Sodium 6000 100-120 Up to 160

Mercury 7500 20-60 Up to 400

 Figure: Co-efficient of Utilization Curves( For light Distribution
Type III)

0.6

0.5
Co-efficient of Utilization

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.1

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Ratio= Road Width/ Mounting Height

Table 4: Arrangement/Layout of Street Lighting

Type of Arrangement Pavement Width

One Side Width <= 30 ft

Both Sides-Staggered 30ft< Width<= 60 ft

Both Sides- Opposite Width> 60 ft