Thomas-Henry questions DOT on standard vs distinctive lighting criteria
Thomas-Henry asks what criteria DOT uses to decide between standard and distinctive lighting upgrades. Dean explains distinctive lighting is typically funded through elected official allocations while standard lighting uses normal city funding, and that lighting under elevated trains is addressed on a complaint-driven basis.
Okay.
Thank you, Chair.
So first, I'll start with Intro 845.
What are DOT's current practices for improving street lighting?
Or more specifically, what criteria do you use to decide if a particular corridor will get standard versus distinctive lighting upgrades?
Distinctive lighting typically comes when we get funded through reso or multimodal funding from an elected official,
and that is what is used to purchase and install the distinctive types of lighting, whereas our standard lighting is funded through the normal city funded process.
And what are your current practices regarding lighting conditions on streets?
streets and sidewalks located underneath elevated subway lines?
When we get a request or a complaint, we will go and evaluate conditions at that area, and we'll do data collection, we'll do an assessment of the lighting levels, and then if we determine that there is
additional lighting necessary.
We will evaluate what the right approach is, whether it means adding arms onto existing poles or whether we need to install new poles to achieve the right lighting level.
So currently it's not a practice to elevate the lighting levels under elevated subways.
It's only
on an as complaint basis?
It's mostly driven by when we get requests or complaints about conditions there.
Okay.