Impact of urban street lighting on road users’ perception of public space and mobility behavior

Uniformity of lighting for pedestrians is often assumed to have been achieved in mixed traffic environments when the lighting uniformity requirements for vehicular traffic have been fulfilled. Uniformity of lighting for drivers is commonly evaluated based on quan-titative data on parameters such as overall luminance uniformity. However, methods for evaluating uniformity from the perspective of other road users are currently somewhat lacking. This study discusses qualitative and quantitative methods of assessing street lighting uniformity, and the potential implications for lighting design and the road us-ers. We used convergence design and imbedded design based on two field studies. The research purpose is twofold: first, to study if, and how, measured lighting uni-formity corresponds with visual perception. Secondly, to identify and explain the addi-tional value that a combined method approach can contribute. The study considers ex-amples of when the measured uniformity corresponds to visually perceived uniformity and when they do not correspond.

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Surface Quality of the Materials used for Lighting Columns

Quality Production Improvement - QPI ◽

10.2478/cqpi-2019-0057 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 417-424

Author(s):

Agata Dudek ◽

Andrii Goroshko

Keyword(s):

Surface Quality ◽

Manufacturing Process ◽

Weather Conditions ◽

Electrical Safety ◽

Light Weight ◽

Street Lighting ◽

Maintenance Costs ◽

Road Users ◽

Materials Used

Abstract Quality of the lighting columns plays a major role in the comfort and safety of life of road users. The surface quality of the materials used in the columns is especially critical during extreme weather conditions. Road infrastructure, including street lighting, uses modern lightweight materials from the group of non-ferrous materials or composites. The materials used in the manufacturing process ensure important advantages, such as durability, electrical safety, aesthetic qualities, low maintenance costs, light weight, and easy transport and assemble. This paper presents an analysis of the quality of coatings used for street lighting columns.

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Street space design for bendi in the urban area of a ternate city

International Journal of Engineering & Technology ◽

10.14419/ijet.v9i2.30353 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 494

Author(s):

Andi Arifah Pasri ◽

Sabaruddin . ◽

Abdul Gaus ◽

Mufti Amir Sultan ◽

Najamuddin .

Keyword(s):

Public Space ◽

Spatial Planning ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Space Design ◽

Road Users ◽

Straight Line ◽

Street Space ◽

Qualitative Descriptive ◽

Definition Of ◽

Physical Order

Spatial planning is very important because it is a public space so whether or not a street space will affect all road users. Structuring street space is to increase user experience so that the best place of public space is achieved.To get the best place, we need to accommodate and clearly define each user of the space. Bendi as a mode of transportation certainly uses street space as a means of motion space. And it requires a clear definition of the movement of the bendi in a physical order that can prevent violations of the rights of other street users both pedestrians and motorized vehicles.The purpose of this study is how the standard of road spatial planning for bendi. The method used in this study is the collection of field data through qualitative descriptive analysis with several indicators, namely Characteristics and space for bendi, spatial planning standards, street space settings. The design concept of bendi lane is proposed in 2 types, namely a special lane with a straight line divider on the Hasan Esa street, the Pahlawan revolusi street, and the Djabar Syah street and integration on the Ahmad Yani street and the Nukila street.

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Earth at Night: An Image of the Nighttime Earth Based on Cloud-Free Satellite Photographs

International Astronomical Union Colloquium ◽

10.1017/s0252921100003584 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 112 ◽

pp. 11-17 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Woodruff T. Sullivan

Keyword(s):

Natural Gas ◽

Urban Areas ◽

High Sensitivity ◽

Astronomical Observation ◽

Light Pollution ◽

Street Lighting ◽

Urban Street ◽

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program ◽

First Time ◽

Meteorological Satellite

ABSTRACTAn image of the entire earth at nighttime is assembled for the first time. It consists of a mosaic of photographs, all taken at local midnight in the 400-1100 nm band, made by the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program over the period 1974-84. Photographs were selected for freedom from clouds, lack of moonlight, high sensitivity, and suitability to illustrate various temporal phenomena. The image primarily reveals activities of humankind such as urban street lighting, rangeland burning, slash-and-burn agriculture, natural gas burnoffs in oilfields, and squidding. Although light pollution in urban areas creates a striking map, at the same time it devastates astronomical observation and removes much of humankind from any familiarity with the night sky.

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Exploring the public value of streets in the context of rapid urbanization

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202128302032 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 283 ◽

pp. 02032

Author(s):

Song Hao

Keyword(s):

Public Space ◽

Public Life ◽

City Government ◽

Rapid Expansion ◽

Public Value ◽

Rapid Urbanization ◽

Urban Street ◽

Wide Range ◽

Street Space ◽

The City

Urban street is an important form of urban space. It is the economic lifeline of the city, as well as the most public space that people use in daily life. City streets bears not only the flourished style of this region, but also embodies the unique style and taste of a city. Since China's reform and opening, economic development has maintaining a rapid growth momentum. The economic base determines the superstructure,so the scale of city population is facing a rapid expansion. The city is changing rapidly with the vigorous development of motor traffic. The traditional street space is faced with the situation of being nibbled away.Based on the concept of urban street and public space, this paper further analyzes the importance of paying attention to urban public life for achieving sustainable development, and then points out the importance of urban street space as an important carrier of public life in the context of rapid urbanization.By clarifying the important public value of urban streets, this paper draws the attention of a wide range of city government decision-makers and urban planners.

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Sustainable Complete Streets Design Criteria and Case Study in Naples, Italy

10.20944/preprints202008.0402.v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Alfonso Montella ◽

Salvatore Chiaradonna ◽

Alessandro Claudi de Saint Mihiel ◽

Gord Lovegrove ◽

Pietro Nunziante

Keyword(s):

Public Space ◽

Urban Landscape ◽

Design Criteria ◽

Complete Streets ◽

System A ◽

Road Users ◽

Urban Contexts ◽

Urban Character

(1) Background: A growing number of communities are re-discovering the value of their streets as important public spaces for many aspects of daily life, thus creating the need for a transformation in the quality of streets. An emerging concept is to accommodate all users of the transportation system, a concept that has been labelled ‘complete streets’. (2) Methods: In this paper, we present sustainable complete streets design criteria that integrate complete streets by adding in socio-environmental design criteria related to aesthetics, environment, liveability, and safety. (3) Results: Proposed design criteria provide a street network which provides improvements in aesthetics, to recover historical urban character and realize historical area planning goals; environment, to increase permeable surfaces, reduce the heat island, and absorb traffic-related air pollution; liveability, to create a public space destination in the urban landscape; and safety, to improve the safety of all road users. and (4) Conclusions: The case study of the urban rehabilitation of the “Mostra d’Oltremare” area and of its cultural and architectural assets in Naples, Italy, highlights the practical application of the proposed criteria and the possibility of using these criteria in other urban contexts.

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Community-responsive Design Guidelines for Urban Street Corridor in Medan, Indonesia: Some Preliminary Ideas

Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal ◽

10.21834/e-bpj.v4i10.1625 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (10) ◽

pp. 181

Author(s):

Achmad Delianur Nasution ◽

Wahyuni Zahrah

Keyword(s):

Public Space ◽

Publishing House ◽

Design Guidelines ◽

Facilities Management ◽

Design Guideline ◽

Urban Street ◽

Responsive Design ◽

International Publishing ◽

Relevant Regulation

The objective of the paper is to formulate the corridors design guidelines that focus on the local community’s needs. The exploration of the ideas is based on our commercial street-corridors studies in 2016-2018 in Medan, Indonesia. The methodology used a qualitative approach, which was started by summarizing the main findings of previous studies. In this stage, the study highlighted the people’s characteristics and requirements, the physical quality of the corridors, and the relevant regulation to be considered. Next, the preliminary ideas were formulated to guide the aspects of access and linkage, functions and activities, physical qualities and facilities, management, and the implementation strategy.Keywords: design guideline; urban street corridor; public space; community-responsive designeISSN: 2398-4287© 2019. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bsby e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, UniversitiTeknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v4i10.1625

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