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Jan 24, 2013
Influence of Road Lighting Quality Index on Traffic Safety
Authors: Kairan Zhang [email protected], Lei Yao, and Guofang LiAuthor Affiliations
Publication: ICLEM 2012: Logistics for Sustained Economic Development—Technology and Management for Efficiency
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Road lighting is an important municipal facility which contributes to improving traffic transportation efficiency, guarantee traffic safety, benefit people's travel and beautify cities environment. This article provides a brief introduction on quality indexes of road lighting, covering road luminance, uniformity ratio of road illumination, glare restriction and lighting inductivity, among which includes each index's content and importance in road lighting, as well as factors which effect traffic safety. This article is written to improve the level of road lighting and the security of traffic.
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Published online: Jan 24, 2013
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School of Transportation & Logistics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China, 610031; Key Laboratory of Comprehensive Transportation of Sichuan Province, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China, 610031. E-mail: [email protected]
Lei Yao
School of Transportation & Logistics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China, 610031
Guofang Li
School of Transportation & Logistics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China, 610031
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