FYI. Robbie
Date: Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:33 PM Subject: [Bike Madison Updates] Southwest Bike Path Lighting, Beltline to Breese Terrace [image: Bike Madison Updates] *Southwest Bike Path Lighting, Beltline to Breese Terrace:* *Update: April 26, 2012* Before, during and after the Public Information meeting in December, we received a number of comments and suggestions about the lighting issue. We have received a great deal of supportive comments and many in opposition as well. Most of the major opponents come from nearby residents who have legitimate concerns about the quality of light, the type and brightness of lighting, and any spillover effects. As promised during the meeting, all of these comments were taken into consideration and Traffic Engineering staff and alders started looking into alternatives. Since then Traffic Engineering has been working with the lighting industry to find an LED fixture that produces a warmer, more natural color of light, with less light "spillover". We recently obtained a new fixture that shows promise. It produces a warmer, more natural color of light and we have also custom-designed a louver system for the fixture that further directs light where it is wanted and cuts off undesirable light behind the fixtures where there are residences. We have been testing the fixtures at our facility and made measurements of the light intensity and distribution, with and without the louvers. The warmer colored LED produces approximately 25% less light intensity than the current test fixtures and the louvered model does an excellent job of reducing undesirable light behind the fixtures. The next step for us is that City Engineering and Traffic Engineering staff plan to meet with all four Alders whose districts are affected by the lighting proposal. We will review the comments to date as well as the new light fixture, and then will communicate the results of that meeting to neighbors and Neighborhood Associations via our website at: http://www.cityofmadison.com/bikeMadison/planning/project.cfm?id=41 Following that, we'll work with alders to schedule a second neighborhood conversation on this topic. *For more information, visit the project page at* Southwest Bike Path Lighting, Beltline to Breese Terrace<https://my.cityofmadison.com/emaillists/redirect.cfm?ID=48119&MID=7672&LID=133> _____________________________________ To be removed from further mailings from this list: Unsubscribe<https://my.cityofmadison.com/[email protected]&vEmailList=133&act=subr> To manage your Email Lists subscriptions, go to My City of Madison Account<https://my.cityofmadison.com/>.
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