CITY SIGNALS THE WAY TO SAVINGS

    Document Type

    Journal Article

    Publication Date

    1984

    Subject Area

    operations - traffic, infrastructure - traffic signals, planning - service rationalisation

    Keywords

    Trials (Testing), Traffic signs, signals and markings, Traffic signs and signals, Traffic signals, Traffic lights, Traffic control signals, Traffic control devices, Testing, Selected intersections, Savings, Junctions (Traffic), Intersections, Highway traffic signals, Highway signs, signals and markings, Energy utilization, Energy consumption, Energy conservation, Electricity, Electrical equipment, Electric lamps, Electric equipment, Electric devices, Electric consumption, Dimming, Cross roads, Brightness

    Abstract

    The Baltimore project started with a simple premise: there should be a safe and effective way to save energy and dollars by decreasing the brightness of traffic signal lights at night. The supervisor of Electronic Maintenance for the Department of Transit and Traffic conducted some preliminary tests of a dimming device developed by a local firm. These tests confirmed that energy savings of about 22 percent might be possible.

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