DES 505:
SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT,
SUMMER 2019

Lighting Up Twin Peaks: Improved Pedestrian Lighting for a Safer City Experience Alas, I have officially developed a conceptual level effort for improving lighting standards at Twin Peaks! It is available for your viewing in e-reader viewing at the link above. This concludes my research proposal for improved pedestrian lighting along the Christmas Tree Point Road, a short 0.2 mile loop in San Francisco atop Twin Peaks. This area, which presently provides no installed pedestrian lighting, requires our attention for several reasons. Chief among these reasons include zero adherence to the San Francisco Better Streets Plan and the responsibility of urban planners to provide relief from the perceived physical danger in this immediate area. In the brief 8-weeks of my senior thesis studies, I have come to understand that the relationship between urbanization and increased risks in anxiety and mood disorders are extremely real and easily reconcilable through smarter pedestrian light

Here, I have posted a thorough and organized research proposal for better lighting solutions at the Twin Peaks Christmas Tree Point Road parking lot viewing area. At this popular destination, eastern views of the city are available to visitors 365 days a year from 5am - midnight. You will notice the underdeveloped pedestrian lighting in the immediate area, how poor lighting and threat of entrapment in public areas contribute to larger issues like an increase in anxiety and mood disorders, and, finally, a proposal in line with city lighting constraints and codes to enhance safety in this area which is otherwise subject to year-round criminal activity. I welcome your feedback in this project. Feel free to comment below!