Post in Lights on the light rail bike path

Jul 21 15:01 UTC

On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 02:55:39PM -0500, niko tomlinson wrote:
> I definitely agree that safety (both from crime and from running into a
> ditch) is a very realistic concern which might justify the lighting on its
> own.  I've been warned by people from all parts of the city not to ride on
> the greenway after dark because of crime which to me means there's work to
> be done there in some respect.  If lighting would really deter crime on some
> of those unwatched bridge underside areas is up for debate though...maybe
> the lighting would cause more people to use the greenway after dark which,
> in addition to the lighting itself, would deter crime.
>
> To Peter's point, I like the idea of developing renewable, sustainable
> methods for lighting if it were to go up.  The greenway should be maintained
> as green as possible.
>
> I'm also no sure what businesses and residences are along the pathway and
> whether light pollution be an issue (e.g. having a light all of the sudden
> on every night in your previously unlit backyards)...
>
> -Niko
>

Just to be clear, we are talking about the Transit Way.  The Greenway
is already lit and do not recall many complaints about light pollution.

If the transitway were controlled by the same people that run the
Greenway this would already have been done.