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Green Light Sustainable Street Lighting for NYC Green Light Sustainable Street Lighting for NYC As our city grows, and as clean air and safe streets become more important to residents and businesses, pioneering innovative transportation policies will be more critical than ever. Investments in LED stoplights and retrofits to City-owned buildings have already saved the City money and reduced the City’s energy consumption. The opportunity exists to go much further. - Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg New York has always shaped the future by introducing and popularizing the next big thing. Today we play that role with the technology of sustaina- bility. The scale of New York is great enough to build a strong market for in- novations such as LED street lighting, which will speed its adoption around the world. - Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan CONTENTS 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 STREET LIGHTING IN NYC TODAY 6 ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS TO DATE 8 LED LIGHTING IN NYC 12 APPENDIX 14 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Well lit streets are Well lit streets are vital to pedestrian and vehicle safety. Street lighting also facilitates evening use of parks, plazas and other areas for outdoor activi- vital to pedestrian ties. For both environmental and economic reasons many municipalities are and vehicle safety investigating ways to improve lighting efficiency for the public realm. The following report documents current and proposed street light projects that the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) has initiated to