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RPI making roundabouts safer

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BETHLEHEM, N.Y. - It's not just here in the Capital Region, roundabouts are popping up across the U.S., and RPI has found a way to make them safer.

Eco-luminance unveiled at a roundabout in the Town of Bethlehem Monday.

It uses roadside vegetation with low-level pedestrian and landscape lighting and retro-reflective markers – along with LED road and walkway lights.

It makes roadway edges and pedestrians more visible than under conventional lighting.

Previous tests even showed vehicles approaching the roundabouts more slowly.

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