Comments on: Will OKC Be Innovative With Its Downtown Streets?

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:17:05 +0000

I don’t like them. Its just interesting to actually see Downtown Oklahoma City do something about its street lamps. But it would be a waste of money since in Bricktown they’ve just added new street lamps to make it look nice, this would make it look so ugly.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:50:24 +0000

I’ll also throw out that the main complaint against the LED lamps that Ann Arbor uses has been that they light up the sky too much.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:32:40 +0000

LED is definitely the way to go.

Austin, Texas starting implementing LED streetlights in 2008 and projected a savings of $500,000 a year, not including reduced maintenance and labor cost.

They had also replaced thousands of traffic and pedestrian signals with LEDs back in 2003. The city estimates it saved taxpayers $1.4 million per year, not including maintenance and labor savings.

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:32:29 +0000

Cities like Ann Arbor Michigan are 100% LED lighting, and others like Raleigh, NC, and Danville, VA are using LED lighting. You’re telling me OKC can’t do some LED lighting in it’s most premier, compact neighborhood with a $120 million dollar gift from a corporate donor? Get real!

http://www.ledcity.org/

By: “The Street Light Just Came On” — memo.ryecroft

“The Street Light Just Came On” — memo.ryecroft — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:14:55 +0000

[...] following is in response to an article I read Monday morning on the OKC Central website. That evening as I rode the bike home, I tried to pay attention to the street lights. One of the [...]

By: slackmeyer

slackmeyer — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:49:39 +0000

No apology needed Bryan. You had a valid point and a valid frustration. You’re bringing up good questions – ones I hope will be answered by the end of the week.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:19:36 +0000

Sorry, Steve, that came across a little bit snippier than I intended. I’ve tried to keep up on this subject, because I work downtown and I’m very curious as far as what they’ll be doing. And I’ve seen some of your articles, but there still don’t seem to be definite answers on, well, anything.

I’ve seen plans for the Myriad Gardens, but no one knows how firm those are. I’ve seen artists conceptions for various changes downtown, but it just looked like weird colored sidewalks. I know they’re supposed to make the roads not one way anymore.

But a lot of that, I just sort of shrug my shoulders. Perhaps I lack vision, perhaps I’m difficult to impress, but I think more likely I’m just having difficulty seeing the big picture. I’m just not visualizing it.

By: Jerry White

Jerry White — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:03:17 +0000

Check out the latest LED exterior solution form the Vishay Intertechnology designers in Germany. I’ve been to the OKC downtown district. This ruggedized/industrialized look is timeless and would be ideal for the district. The manufacture assures us that a pilot program is available and invites all the OKC residents, city planners and developers to evaluate the technology and decide for themselves whose got the better “mouse trap” for the next 20 years+.

http://www.fara-led.com

By: slackmeyer

slackmeyer — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:20:46 +0000

Good question… one I’m asking

By: slackmeyer

slackmeyer — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:20:27 +0000

Steven, I’m working on it…