LED Lighting for TRAX cars, platforms, parking areas, and buses.

A few months ago I saw a site that claimed that UTA saved on gas and other fuels by implementing ISO 9001 via an organization's plans and received recognition for those plans as drawn by mep.org, based at Utah Valley State College, which in about eight months will become Utah Valley University, in Orem Utah.

Lets move forward, with new LED lighting for the TRAX platforms used by riders, the TRAX cars themselves, and the lighting at TRAX stations, and eventually the bus fleet.

Some buses have LED taillights, so that is a start. Just look for a 'striper' and you will see them. In fact, some of the larger 'stripers', the MC 400 D models, also have small LED reading lights inside. Low floor buses have two rows of LED lights on the steps just past the back doors.

Simply put, an LED light system will last far longer than mercury vapor, sodium vapor, incandescent, halogen light, or fluorescent assembly. A home lighting setup may last more than ten years.

The main costs will be all upfront. The wattage is so low it will even cost less than one might think. You only need very few watts to create the output of even a common 60-watt bulb's output in your home. So why not less power consumption at and on any and all UTA properties and equipment?

That means that retrofitting older stations and equipment will be the main cost issue, but new stations like for the forthcoming Mid-Jordan line which they got the EIS approval for on October 29th, can have them right from the start. After the initial cost of installing, the lighting will pay for itself almost immediately. Even on the electricity load on the train cars themselves, and it might allow for more power in the reserves should the overhead lines fail like in a power outage. That can be a huge plus for UTA.

Here' s a commercial site that tells you what I mean. They sell bulbs for home, business, industrial, and many other uses, note the category for trains and transportation. Street lights are also now available in LED forms, not just the traffic signals we are already seeing a lot of.

http://www.ledtronics.com/ (cut and paste to browser address bar).