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1. Who decides the standards to be used for floodlighting pedestrian crossings in your authority?

Can be an individual or an authority

2. What criteria (or warrant) is used to decide which crossings should be floodlit?

1. Full pedestrian crossings
2. School pedestrian crossings
3. Traffic signal crossings
4. Pedestrian platforms
5. Pedestrian refuges

Traffic Regulations Reg 92 Lighting of Pedestrian crossings.

Is the state of the existing road lighting a factor?

Is the pedestrian or traffic volume a factor?

Any local warrants?

3. Estimate the percentage of these crossings floodlit:

1. Full pedestrian crossings
2. School pedestrian crossings
3. Traffic signal crossings
4. Pedestrian platforms
5. Pedestrian refuges

4. What standard or guide is used to determine the level of lighting/ floodlighting you want provided at:

1. Full pedestrian crossings
2. School pedestrian crossings
3. Traffic signal crossings
4. Pedestrian platforms
5. Pedestrian refuges

NZS 6701:1983 pgs 28-30 Pedestrian crossing lighting.

AS/NZS 1158.1.

AS 1158.4 Supplementary lighting at pedestrian crossings.

Local criteria.

5. What systems do you have in place to ensure pedestrian crossing lighting meets the standard you specify?

1. New installations
2. Existing installations

Is a minimum lux specified as a design parameter?

Is the lux physically checked on the street after installation?

Is the light output of existing installations checked?

6. Which of the following items are included the maintenance contract for pedestrian crossing floodlighting?

Tick all categories that apply:

• Replace lamps when they fail
• Automatic replacement of lamps after hours
• Bulk replacement of lamps on a monthly basis
• Regular checking and cleaning of the floodlights
• Regular checking of lux levels

Comments:

7. What proportion (percentage) of your pedestrian crossings do you estimate meet the NZS 6701 or AS/NZS 1158.1 standards?

1. Full pedestrian crossings: (20 lux)
2. Signalised pedestrian crossings: (20 lux)
3. Pedestrian refuges/platforms: (5-15 lux)

8. The current Australian pedestrian crossing lighting standard AS 1158.4 achieves an arguably better visual result than the current NZ standard. It utilises a floodlight in advance of a pedestrian crossing directing light onto the side of the pedestrian facing oncoming traffic. This section of the Australian road lighting code will shortly be reviewed with the possible outcome of harmonising with NZ.

1. Are you familiar with the Australian system of lighting pedestrian crossings?
• o   Yes
• o   No
2. For floodlighting pedestrian crossings would you wish to:
• o   Retain the current NZ system
• o   Adopt the Australian system
• o   Adopt some different system (explain below)
• o   No opinion on this.

Comments:

In the absence of any useful crash data we are seeking the views of practitioners on the acceptance of the two lighting systems.

9. Describe any policy you have on the provision of Belisha beacons or Fluoro discs at pedestrian crossings.

Note: Regulation 9 subclause 2 of the Traffic Regulations requires either a Belisha beacon or a Fluoro disc to be installed on every pedestrian crossing pole by l April 2003.

10. Any general comments about floodlighting or suggestions on ways the LTSA can help the process?