Posted Oct 17, 2014, 9:27 PM
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I think they need to work on where and how they're aimed, and how bright they are. I've walked and driven through parts of Altadore that have the new lights and the lights on some streets give off too much glare. No matter how they're aimed they're all too bright, they look like spotlights. A lower intensity, more uniform distribution of light helps night-vision more than a series of spotlights. Bright lights greatly increase the contrast between the lit and unlit portions of the street; dark spots seem darker.
I'd also like them to adjust the colour. The lights are somewhere between 5000 and 6000 K; they don't have to be 2100 K like the old HPS lights but no more than 3000 would suffice to make the lit portions of the street have better colour contrast while eliminating the harsh blue-white tones that are vehemently opposed by every astronomical society of good repute and the International Dark-Sky Association. Anyone that tells you the best lights at night are the ones closest to "daylight" (~5900 K) is an idiot.
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