Sodium Lighting Recommended for London
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A MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT rn. statement says that the Minister, Mr. Ernest Marples, welcomes the recommendations in the final report (published last week) of the Consultative Committee on the Lighting of Traffic Routes within the London Conurbation.
The committee have conCluded that, in terms of visibility to road users, there is little to choose between the main modern types of lighting—fluorescent, colour-corrected mercury and sodium—and they emphasize that uniformity of lighting level is more important than uniformity in colour.
Nevertheless, they have recommended that on the main traffic routes in and around London, complete uniformity should be achieved by adopting sodium lighting. They point out that the greater part of these roads is already lit by sodium.
Abrupt changes of brilliance in street lighting should be avoided, says the committee, and a very high standard of lighting should be adopted.