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

Markvica, Karin; Richter, Gerald; Lenz, Gernot

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.03.009

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“…By considering different weather and external light conditions as well as reflective properties of road surfaces and surroundings, light quality and visibility are two of the most important factors in street lighting research. In addition to external factors, the correct selection of lighting components, such as luminaires, in combination with factors such as light spot mounting height, optimal luminaire spacing, and road surface properties is important (Yoomak and Ngaopitakkul 2018;Markvica, Richter, and Lenz 2019). Lighting systems can adapt the illumination level to provide better overall visual and comfort performance based on current conditions.…”

Section: Outdoor Environmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smart lighting systems: state-of-the-art and potential applications in warehouse order picking

Füchtenhans

Grosse

Glock

2021

International Journal of Production Research

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Artificial lighting is a constant companion in everyday private and working life, influencing visibility in interior spaces as well as outdoors. In recent years, new technical solutions have extended traditional lighting systems to become 'smart'. Different types of smart lighting systems are available on the market today, and researchers have concentrated on analysing their usability and efficiency, especially for private households, office buildings and public streets. This paper presents a systematic literature review to analyse the state-of-knowledge of technologies and applications for smart lighting systems. The results of the review show that smart lighting systems have been frequently discussed in the literature, but that their potentials in industrial environments, such as production and logistics, has rarely been addressed in the literature so far. Lighting systems for industrial environments often have very different requirements depending on the working environment and operating conditions. Based on the results of the literature review, this paper contributes to closing this research gap by discussing the usage potential of smart lighting systems to improve the efficiency of warehouse order picking, which is an application that may benefit from various functions smart lighting systems provide. Several propositions are developed that emphasise research opportunities and managerial implications in this context.

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Section: Outdoor Environmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smart lighting systems: state-of-the-art and potential applications in warehouse order picking

Füchtenhans

Grosse

Glock

2021

International Journal of Production Research

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“…These changes were most prominent along routes where the environmental context did not support prospect-refuge variables, suggesting an interaction between lighting conditions and other features of the built environment [37]. Markvica and colleagues [38] observed pedestrian placement on pedestrian paths, noting whether pedestrians walked along the exterior wall of the house, in the middle of the path, or along the edge of the path, and whether there was at least one change in the path guide under different outdoor lighting applications. Pedestrians tended to vary their placement and change their path more with a fluorescent tube luminaire (FTL) light source than with a light-emitting diode (LED) light source, which was explained by improved visual accessibility with the LED light sources providing a better-illuminated environment.…”

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Video Analysis of Pedestrian Movement (VAPM) under Different Lighting Conditions—Method Exploration

2020

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When daylight hours are limited, pedestrians are dependent on appropriate outdoor lighting. Although new city lighting applications must consider both energy usage and pedestrian responses, current methods used to capture pedestrian walking behaviour during dark conditions in real settings are limited. This study reports on the development and evaluation of a video-based method that analyses pedestrians’ microscopic movements (VAPM—video analysis of pedestrian movements), including placement and speed, in an artificially lit outdoor environment. In a field study utilising between-subjects design, 62 pedestrians walked along the same path under two different lighting applications. VAPM accurately discriminated pedestrians’ microscopic movements in the two lighting applications. By incorporating methodological triangulation, VAPM successfully complemented observer-based assessments of pedestrians’ perceptions and evaluations of the two lighting applications. It is suggested that in evaluations of pedestrian responses to city lighting applications, observer-based assessments could be successfully combined with an analysis of actual pedestrian movement while walking in the lit environment. However, prior to employing a large-scale application of VAPM, the methodology needs to be further adapted for use with drones and integration into smart city lighting systems.

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“…In many crosswalk sections in major cities around the world, in order to increase the crossing safety, a signal equipped with LED lighting was installed, which illuminates the roadway at the pedestrian crossing. Markvica et al (2019) [10], Peña-García et al (2015) [11] and Davidovic et al (2019) [12] found a positive effect of LED street lighting on road users' perception of public space and mobility behavior. Other studies focused on energy savings and environmental implications associated with LED luminaires [13][14][15].…”

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The Effect of a LED Lighting Crosswalk on Pedestrian Safety: Some Experimental Results

Patella

Sportiello

Carrese

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Safety

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The research presented in this paper is focused on the definition of a new methodology for evaluating how illuminated crosswalks influence drivers’ behavior when approaching the zebra in nighttime conditions. The proposed methodology is based on in situ speed measurements, and cars’ speed was detected in an urban road segment of the city of Rome with a Telelaser instrument. Vehicles speed profiles are measured in the same road segment both in LED-illuminated conditions and in non-illuminated conditions. Results have shown a promising impact of the LED lighting system on pedestrian safety. In fact, cars’ mean speed decreases by 19.3% at the crosswalk section in illuminated conditions. Moreover, a positive effect on safety, in terms of mean speed reduction (−16.4%), was found even in the absence of pedestrians.

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

Cited by 68 publications

References 20 publications

Smart lighting systems: state-of-the-art and potential applications in warehouse order picking

Smart lighting systems: state-of-the-art and potential applications in warehouse order picking

Video Analysis of Pedestrian Movement (VAPM) under Different Lighting Conditions—Method Exploration

The Effect of a LED Lighting Crosswalk on Pedestrian Safety: Some Experimental Results

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