The problem is that extremely powerful lights, as many cities are tending to more and more, can actually create more blind spots and makes it harder for our eyes to adjust to those dark spots. If cities adopted more, weaker, warmer lights we'd likely see much less damage to the ecosystem AND increased safety

Maybe the non latte neighbourhoods need streetlights. But we could get rid of them in the latte neighbourhoods.

In typical night conditions, a single Nichia 219-series LED at full drive would temporarily flash-blind someone with just a quarter of a second of exposure.

I know some people think this is a silly question but the answer is, in my experience, yes. That's both in urban and exurban environments, in my experience.

For that they first would need to walk ...

Not usually, but sometimes cars drive too close to the edge of the road, and the road has no sidewalk.

And despite good advice (or simply due to a momentary circumstance), some people walk at night with dark clothing. You can turn a corner a hit a person very easily if they are in any half of your side of the street.

Depends on the road. My neighborhood has no sidewalks. I prefer it. Prevents the cars from acting like they own the place.

The critical question is, do people in the US just drive on the sidewalks?

(It's impossible to walk on sidewalks in a city without crossing streets every block, and that's where car/pedestrian conflicts occur)

Street lights aren't just important for cars? Imagine being a woman walking around a city at night in the dark by yourself