This webinar was co-sponsored by ASCE's Transportation and Development Institute and ASCE Continuing Education

Purpose and Background

This webinar provides guidance on the best practices for lighting design, including street lighting, pedestrian lighting, highway lighting, as well as a discussion on tunnel lighting, intersection safety lighting, and pathway lighting. The materials will include guidance on the various types of roadway/street segments, light sources, the layout details for each light type.

Primary Discussion Topics

The speaker will discuss:

• Lighting design under various scenarios
• Types of light sources, including HPS, LED and Induction
• Use RP-8-00 and other recommended guidelines
• Measurement and color of light sources

Learning Outcomes

The following learning outcomes have been established for webinar participants:

• Learn the purpose of street lighting
• Understand the various types of light sources, including their measurements and colors
• Learn how to analyze lighting for various scenarios, including residential neighborhoods, urban environments, highways, pathways, and intersections
• Understand the various roadway types and classifications of light design and the recommended lighting values for each
• Understand how to use the governing guidelines in street lighting
• Recognize lighting’s role in a “Complete Street”

Webinar Benefits

• Guidance on how to design lighting under various scenarios
• Improved understanding on the various types of lighting, including energy efficient LED and induction light sources
• Best practices for information on designing intersection safety lighting, highway lighting, street lighting and pathway lighting

Intended Audience

• Public works and transportation professionals
• Consultant, city, county, and state agency employees involved in lighting design
• Consultants involved in designing and reviewing roadway lighting systems

Webinar Outline

• Purpose of street lighting
• Overview of road types/classifications
• Overview of lighting types, including HPS, LED and induction sources
• Measurement and color of light sources
• Overview of lighting terminology
• Overview of lighting guidelines and current recommended practices
• Analysis of street lighting, highway lighting, intersection safety lighting, and pathway lighting