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AS/NZS 1158.1.2:2010
[Pending Revision]Lighting for roads and public spaces, Part 1.2: Vehicular traffic (Category V) lighting — Guide to design, installation, operation and maintenance
This Standard sets out requirements, background information, guidelines and other relevant information for the design, installation, operation and maintenance of Category V lighting schemes intended to comply with AS/NZS 1158.1.1.
Published: 10/06/2010
Pages: 103
Table of contents
Cited references
Content history
Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Foreword
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 Referenced documents
1.3 Definitions
2 Why we light roads
2.1 Road lighting objectives
2.2 Road safety
2.3 Road lighting as a crash countermeasure
2.4 Security and amenity
3 Lighting principles
3.1 Visual processes and the lighting needs of road users
3.2 Lighting installations and light technical parameters
3.2.1 Basis of road lighting
3.2.2 Light technical parameters
3.3 Factors affecting pavement luminance
3.4 Pavement reflectance
3.4.1 General
3.4.2 Surface texture
3.4.3 Colour and lightness
3.4.4 Wet pavements
4 Policy considerations
5 Equipment
5.1 General
5.2 Lamps
5.3 Road lighting luminaires
5.4 Bracket arms and poles
5.4.1 Dimensions
5.4.2 Pole types
5.4.3 Combination traffic signal mast arm and joint-use road lighting poles
6 Design process
6.1 General
6.2 Bases of road lighting process
6.3 Simplified lighting design process
6.4 Full road lighting design process
6.4.1 Steps involved in process
6.4.2 Design brief checklist
6.4.3 Site inspection check list
7 Design considerations
7.1 General
7.2 Road safety considerations
7.2.1 General
7.2.2 Pole positions
7.2.3 Pole setback and pole types
7.2.4 Curves
7.2.5 Roundabouts
7.2.6 Delineation
7.2.7 Joint-use traffic signal mast arms and joint-use lighting poles
7.3 Environmental considerations
7.3.1 General
7.3.2 Energy usage
7.3.3 Spill light
7.3.4 Glare
7.3.5 Colour of light
7.4 Tree-lined traffic routes
7.5 Weather conditions
7.5.1 Effects on visibility
7.5.1.1 Wet conditions
7.5.1.2 Foggy conditions
7.5.2 Means of improving visibility
7.6 Reflecting properties of road surfaces
7.7 Road layout
7.8 Roadway features
7.9 Surrounding backgrounds to road
7.10 Visibility of road signs
7.11 Aesthetics
8 Design recommendations
8.1 Installation geometry
8.1.1 Required data
8.1.2 Carriageway lighting design width (WK)
8.1.3 Lighting arrangement (AAR) and mounting height (H)
8.1.4 Overhang
8.2 Lamp wattage
8.3 Median barriers
8.4 Median
8.5 Curves and bends
8.6 Roundabouts
8.6.1 General
8.6.2 Road lighting poles located on central island of diameter less than 6m
8.6.3 Road lighting poles located on central island of diameter between 6m and 40m
8.6.4 Road lighting poles located on central island of diameter between 40m and 60m
8.6.5 Road lighting poles located on central island of diameter greater than 60m
8.6.6 Road lighting poles located outside the roundabout
8.6.7 Road lighting poles located at conflict areas
8.7 Crests and humps
8.7.1 Visibility problems
8.7.2 General recommendations
8.7.3 Glare at crests from luminaires
8.8 Tree-lined traffic routes
8.8.1 Influence on light technical parameters
8.8.2 Tree management policies
8.8.3 A model policy on integrated road landscaping and lighting
8.8.3.1 Principles of the policy
8.8.3.2 Existing trees and plantings
8.8.3.3 New landscaping
8.9 Short bridges, underpasses and short tunnels
8.9.1 Short bridges
8.9.2 Underpasses and underbridge carriageways
8.10 Orientation of luminaires
8.11 Termination of road lighting
9 Design methods
9.1 General
9.2 Computer design
9.2.1 General
9.2.2 Straight road sections
9.2.3 Intersections, curves(R <100 m) and other designated locations
9.2.3.1 General
9.2.3.2 Intersections (including roundabouts)
9.2.3.3 Curves (R <110 m)
9.2.3.4 Other designated locations
9.2.4 Curves (R ≥100 m)
10 Design of installation
10.1 Procedures used in lighting design
10.2 Minimum design areas for application of illuminance requirements to specific road situations
10.3 Lighting layouts
10.3.1 Indicative lighting layouts
10.3.2 Factors influencing the lighting layout
10.3.3 Evaluation of alternative layouts
10.4 Electrical design
10.5 Civil/structural works
10.6 Lighting design audit
11 Documentation
11.1 Evidence of compliance
11.2 Estimates and material lists
12 Installation
12.1 Standards, regulations and other requirements
12.2 Installation audit
12.2.1 Audit process
12.2.2 Audit check list
12.2.2.1 Luminaires
12.2.2.2 Poles
12.2.2.3 Road lighting design
12.2.2.4 Power supply
12.2.2.5 Installation geometry
12.2.2.6 Civil works
12.2.2.7 Road lighting footings
12.2.2.8 Documentation
12.2.2.9 Workplace health and safety requirements
12.2.2.10 Control devices
13 Operation
13.1 Hours of operation
13.2 Switching control
13.3 Advanced central road lighting control systems
13.3.1 General
13.3.2 Switching of lighting
13.3.3 Dimming or adapting lighting
14 Asset Management maintenance
14.1 General purpose
14.2 Factors affecting performance
14.3 Lamp outages
14.3.1 General
14.3.2 Lamp failures
14.3.3 Photoelectric (PE) switch failure
14.4 Lamp and luminaire depreciation
14.4.1 Lamp depreciation
14.4.2 Luminaire depreciation
14.4.3 Allowances for lamp and luminaire depreciation
14.4.4 Compensation methods
14.5 The asset management maintenance program
14.5.1 Maintenance activities
14.5.2 Outage detection and service availability requirements
14.5.3 Advanced central road lighting monitoring systems
14.5.4 Lamp replacement and disposal
14.5.5 Luminaire cleaning and inspection
14.5.6 Vegetation management
14.5.7 Inspection, test, repair and replacement of equipment (other than lamps and luminaires)
14.5.8 Condition monitoring
14.5.9 Maintenance records and performance review
14.5.10 Modification of the maintenance program
Appendix A
A1 Referenced documents
A2 Related documents
Appendix B
B1 Scope
B2 Application
B3 Definitions
B4 Pole characteristics
B4.1 Rigid poles
B4.2 Frangible poles
B4.2.1 Pole types
B4.2.2 Slip-base poles
B4.2.3 Energy-absorbing poles
B5 Pole selection
B6 Pole setback zones
B6.1 General
B6.2 Straight sections
B6.2.1 General
B6.2.2 Steep cut/fill slope embankments
B6.2.2.1 General
B6.2.2.2 Cut slope embankments
B6.2.2.3 Fill slope embankments
B6.3 Curves and bends
B6.4 Verges at intersections
B6.5 Islands, medians, splitters and separators
B6.6 Roundabout central islands
B6.7 Concrete median barrier
B6.8 Semi-rigid and flexible barriers (guard fence and wire rope)
B6.9 Non-traversable permanent obstructions
B6.9.1 General
B6.9.2 Obstruction in front
B6.9.3 Obstruction behind
Appendix C
C1 Introduction
C2 Road crashes at night
C3 Reasons for higher night crash rate
C4 Road lighting—A successful crash countermeasure
C5 The influence of the quality of the lighting
C6 Costs and benefits of road lighting
C7 Conclusion
Appendix D
Appendix E
Appendix F
Cited references in this standard
[Current]
Electrical installations (known as the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules)
[Pending Revision]
Lighting for roads and public spaces, Part 2: Computer procedures for the calculation of light technical parameters for Category V and Category P lighting
[Current]
Lighting for roads and public spaces, Part 1.1: Vehicular traffic (Category V) lighting — Performance and design requirements
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