LED test site at North Hills
Taken September 2009
When these pictures were taken in September 2009, the BSL had quite a few LED test sites around Los Angeles, most of them using these Beta Ledway luminaires. This test site was west North Hills, west of the 405, and was originally the streets bounded by Nordhoff to the north, Haskell to the east, Roscoe to the south, and Hayvenhurst to the west.
As this was predominantly a residential area, most of them were configured with 30 LEDs like these.
At the time of writing (March 2010) this test site has now turned into a large scale installation, extending north from here to Granada Hills, and west as far as Chatsworth.
At the time of writing (March 2010) this test site has now turned into a large scale installation, extending north from here to Granada Hills, and west as far as Chatsworth.
Here's a night time shot typical of the area. This shot is a little generous in the depiction of the light levels achieved, it feels darker than this in real life. Even so, it's great to see white light, and a residential scheme that is not overlit...it will be interesting to see just how far this whole project goes- will LED be the most common light source in LA in a couple of years?
There were still one or two luminaires of different types araound, like this one- the manufacturer's name escapes me for now. Even then, it was looking like the BSL had more or less decided to go with the Ledway fixtures.