Something which still confuses me is the nature of the illuminations in the roadway. Because we can see edge elements, we see things on stalks. I don't see how that can work, for things the tires run over. But, the illuminations are there. They must be super-designed cats-eyes.

Also, the approach lighting has very good engineering to keep you in the safe slot for approach angle. The lights must have fresnel lenses or shading or something to keep a very narrow angle of approach lit up "best"

On take off if I have a window, I now look for the banding which I mentally model as "not yet.. " "almost .." "if you are doing <x> kph then YES" .. and "nope. don't wanna see this one"

Gate approach, there are clues that pilots drive by following lines. So many lines! marked by aircraft type: if you are a <this> then follow <this track> type markers.

You’re on the right track! Some of them are embedded, some of them are on stalks, and some of them are highly directional: https://flightlight.com/airfield-products/