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C. : Pedestrian Lighting
Morgan Hill upgraded its pedestrian-scale lighting in 2015 to a 10-foot tall, LED, acorn-
style light fixture (See
Figure 2-15)along streets that fall into the Boulevard, Local and
Transit Connector street typologies. The fixtures are spaced at an average of 50 to 75 feet
apart. Along Arterials and Local Streets, the City uses 30-foot tall cobra head lights. (See
Figure 2-16.)As an additional measure along Arterial streets, the City could consider replacing existing
cobra-head lighting fixtures with fixtures that combine both roadway and pedestrian-scale
fixture heads in one fixture. Such fixtures are available in contemporary (See
Figure 2-18)and traditional (See
Figure 2-17)styles. Dual-headed fixtures may also be appropriate in
the larger City-owned off-street parking lots.
Table 2-2 below describes how Furnishing Area improvements can be located along streets
in the Downtown street typology categories.
Figure 2-17: Traditional design
of a combined roadway and
pedestrian-scale light fixture
Figure 2-16: Roadway
cobra head light fixture
Figure
2-15:
Pedestrian acorn-
style light fixture
Figure
2-18: Contemporary
design of a combined roadway
and
pedestrian-scale
light
fixture