Air carrier captain reported that the 'islands' adjacent to taxiway a at sfo have new tall taxiway l...

Attributes
ACN	1470176
Time
Date	201707
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	SFO.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types

Narrative:

I noticed that sfo had installed new taxi lights that were sticking up about 25 inches; and were not lit just after sunrise and overcast conditions. These are new and not mentioned anywhere; and prevent crews now from taking shortcuts from taxiway hotel or alpha onto the ramp. Obviously they are placed to make us use the taxi line but are not very visible and could easily be missed and run over. Maybe a note on the sfo page could make crews aware of the new situation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier Captain reported that the 'islands' adjacent to Taxiway A at SFO have new tall taxiway lights that prevent crews from taking short cuts into the ramp and should be noted in the crew briefing page.

Narrative: I noticed that SFO had installed new taxi lights that were sticking up about 25 inches; and were not lit just after sunrise and overcast conditions. These are new and not mentioned anywhere; and prevent Crews now from taking shortcuts from Taxiway Hotel or Alpha onto the ramp. Obviously they are placed to make us use the taxi line but are not very visible and could easily be missed and run over. Maybe a note on the SFO page could make crews aware of the new situation.

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Air carrier captain reported that the 'islands' adjacent to taxiway a at sfo have new tall taxiway lights that prevent crews from taking short cuts into the ramp and should be noted in the crew briefing page.