of accessible pedestrian signals (APS)....
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Common Problems Arising in the Installation of Accessible Pedestrian Signals
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R209 Accessible Pedestrian Signals and Pedestrian Pushbuttons (Section-by-Section Analysis)
R209 Accessible Pedestrian Signals and Pedestrian Pushbuttons (Section-by-Section Analysis) An accessible pedestrian signal and pedestrian pushbutton is an integrated device that communicates...
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R307 Accessible Pedestrian Signals and Pedestrian Pushbuttons (See R209) (Section-by-Section Analysis)
pedestrian signals and pedestrian pushbuttons were contained in Chapter R3....
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Significant alternatives which minimize any significant economic impacts on small entities
Maximum cross slope of 2 percent required on pedestrian access routes, including within pedestrian street crossings with yield or stop control....
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Pushbutton-integrated APS
(See Interfacing Accessible Pedestrian Signals with Traffic Signal Control Equipment.) ...
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Location
Source: NCHRP Web Only Document 117-A, Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practice, Figure 6-8 Figure 4: Installation of APS on two separated poles, aligned with crosswalk...
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Pushbutton locator tone
locator tone The pushbutton locator tone is a low-volume tick or tone that repeats constantly, at one-second intervals, during the flashing and steady DON’T WALK intervals to advise pedestrians...
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Audible WALK indications
Audible WALK indications Audible WALK indications are broadcast from a speaker that is incorporated into the pedestrian pushbutton housing....
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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....
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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 signals...
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Other Features
These may include Braille labels for street names, actuation indicators (a light or beep), tactile crosswalk maps, and options activated by an extended button push: audible beaconing (useful...
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Issue 1: APS volume
This can lead to neighborhood as well as user concerns, since excessive volume will mask other sounds that are important to pedestrians who are blind (such as the sound of traffic surges...
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Issue 2: Location relative to the crosswalk
Pedestrians who are blind may stand beside the pushbutton while waiting to cross, particularly if they use the vibrotactile indication....
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Issue 3: Which signal? Speech WALK messages necessary
Pedestrians standing at one crosswalk could mistake the message of the other crosswalk for their indication to begin crossing....
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Issue 4: Wrong pole! …Wrong message!
Figure 7: Installation where APS are installed in wrong locations; both are too far from street they control and will be heard as closer to the other street. ...
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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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Issue 6: Pre-timed signals (an APS is more than a pushbutton)
Issue 6: Pre-timed signals (an APS is more than a pushbutton) Since pedestrians don’t need to use the pushbutton to get a WALK signal at pre-timed signals or where pedestrian signals...
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Issue 7: Repair/replacement (put it back right!)
After reinstallation, the APS was turned 90 degrees from its prior placement, and the tactile arrow was no longer pointing at the street the pushbutton controlled....
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Issue 8: Rest-in-WALK (quiet time ok)
Issue 8: Rest-in-WALK (quiet time ok) In some locations, the pedestrian signals ‘rest-in-WALK’ and it may not be desirable to have the WALK indication repeat constantly during the long...
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Issue 9: Reach (how far?)
Issue 9: Reach (how far?) APS devices can be located in landscaped areas if the pushbutton is reachable from a level paved area. Figure 12 shows a location where new APS (and new...
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R209 Accessible Pedestrian Signals and Pedestrian Pushbuttons
R209 Accessible Pedestrian Signals and Pedestrian Pushbuttons...
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R209.1 General
Where pedestrian signals are provided at pedestrian street crossings, they shall include accessible pedestrian signals and pedestrian pushbuttons complying with sections 4E.08 through 4E...
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Issue 10: Braille (right side up?)
The typical sign includes print arrows and pedestrian symbols, often on both sides of the sign so that it can be flipped over to be installed on either side of the street....
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Issue 11: Good vibrations (vibrotactile indications)
The vibrotactile indication provides WALK signal information for pedestrians who are both visually and hearing impaired and also may be used by pedestrians who are visually impaired (with...