Hi all,
I'm involved in building and improving a network of traffic-free cycle paths. They are mainly built on former railway lines so tend to be in cuttings for much of their routes with very little or no natural surveillance. They also tend to act as wildlife corridors in what is generally quite an urban area so there are quite a lot of bats etc.
None of the routes have any form of lighting at the moment (other than the odd subway) and installing normal street lighting would be very expensive so is difficult to justify when there is such limited funding for cycling infrastructure and so much needs doing.
I'm currently researching alternative options and would be really interested to hear your views and experiences of them.
The two products I've looked at so far are a solar powered LED studs such as this one:
http://www.clearviewtraffic.com/ast...rt/22/solarlite-f-series-flush-road-studs.htm
and this glow in the dark stud:
http://www.traxeyes.com/
As well as the obvious questions of value for money, durability, maintenance etc, the key question for me is whether these products would encourage more people to use the routes after dark (and whether they make the routes safe enough to do so).