Issue 10: Braille (right side up?) Where the APS device includes the street name in Braille, care must be taken to install the signs in the correct location and...
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Issue 10: Braille (right side up?)
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3.5.2.1 Enforceable Accessible Parking Spaces
To be enforceable at accessible parking spaces, the ISA must comply with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) section 2B.35, which requires the ISA to be displayed in blue...
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Vibrotactile WALK indications
Vibrotactile WALK indications Vibrotactile indications are transmitted by a vibrating plate or arrow on the housing of the pedestrian pushbutton. During WALK, the arrow or plate...
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Issue 15: Installation Errors Increase Risk
Issue 15: Installation Errors Increase Risk This account shows clearly why it’s critical for installers to understand how APS work and something about how pedestrians use them --...
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Issue 12: Audible beaconing
Issue 12: Audible beaconing Audible beaconing -- providing a louder audible WALK signal in order to provide directional guidance to pedestrians who are blind -- is not needed at...
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Issue 14: Inspection of contractor’s work - Beware of field changes!
Issue 14: Inspection of contractor’s work - Beware of field changes! Figure 18: APS and curb ramps that were not installed as designed. Figure 19: Another view of the...
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Issue 11: Good vibrations (vibrotactile indications)
Issue 11: Good vibrations (vibrotactile indications) APS device usability is compromised if the vibrotactile indicator doesn’t vibrate during the WALK. The vibrotactile indication...
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Issue 5: Tactile arrow (in line)
Even small misalignments can inadvertently direct a blind pedestrian outside the crosswalk area or into the parallel traffic. Remedy: The APS needs to be removed and reinstalled....
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406.6 Diagonal Curb Ramps
The bottom of diagonal curb ramps shall have a clear space 48 inches (1220 mm) minimum outside active traffic lanes of the roadway....
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Exceptions for Specific Occupancies [§206.2.3]
Exceptions for Specific Occupancies [§206.2.3] The Standards also include limited exceptions for accessible routes between stories in air traffic control towers and, under certain...
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406.6 Diagonal Curb Ramps
The bottom of diagonal curb ramps shall have a clear space 48 inches (1220 mm) minimum outside active traffic lanes of the roadway....
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406.6 Diagonal Curb Ramps
The bottom of diagonal curb ramps shall have a clear space 48 inches (1220 mm) minimum outside active traffic lanes of the roadway....
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Accessible Sidewalks 3: Pedestrians with Low Vision
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11B-406.5.10 Diagonal curb ramps
Diagonal or corner type curb ramps with returned curbs or other well-defined edges shall have the edges parallel to the direction of pedestrian flow. Diagonal curb ramps with flared...
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11B-406.5.10 Diagonal curb ramps
Diagonal or corner type curb ramps with returned curbs or other well-defined edges shall have the edges parallel to the direction of pedestrian flow. Diagonal curb ramps with flared...
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11B-250.1 General
Circulation paths contiguous to vehicular traffic shall be physically separated from vehicular traffic....
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Common Problems Arising in the Installation of Accessible Pedestrian Signals
Chapter 4E.06 of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD 2003), adopted by State Departments of Transportation under the Federal-aid Highways Act, contains technical provisions...
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Tactile arrow
Tactile arrow The tactile arrow on the device must be aligned with the direction of travel on the crosswalk and point toward the street crossing that the pushbutton controls and...
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Issue 4: Wrong pole! …Wrong message!
Issue 4: Wrong pole! …Wrong message! In Figure 7, APS have been installed on the wrong poles. The APS on the pole in the left of the photo has an arrow pointing toward the street...
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Issue 2: Location relative to the crosswalk
Issue 2: Location relative to the crosswalk An APS that is mounted outside the crosswalk area may provide misleading information about the crossing location. Pedestrians who are...
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Issue 3: Which signal? Speech WALK messages necessary
Issue 3: Which signal? Speech WALK messages necessary In numerous installations evaluated in the field, where two APS were mounted on the same pole, installers failed to customize...
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Issue 13: Stub poles
Issue 13: Stub poles Figure 15: APS is located on mast arm pole more than 10 feet outside the crosswalk lines. In addition, a fire hydrant is between the crosswalk location...
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Built-Up Curb Ramps
Built-up curb ramps are permitted, but they cannot project in parking spaces, access aisles, or vehicle traffic lanes....
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Other Features
Other Features Most pushbutton-integrated APS can provide additional features. These may include Braille labels for street names, actuation indicators (a light or beep), tactile...