Almost all functional lighting that we see today in every city is a product of the post-World War II period, installed in response to the increase in the number of vehicles in urban centers to help drivers see more clearly at night, This was particularly important, given that automobile headlight technology was not very advanced at the time. In fact, functional lighting, intended primarily for vehicular traffic and systematically imagined and deployed by municipal engineers, is still one of the most commonly applied illumination strategies in developing megalopolises.
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