Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practices (Workshop Edition 2010) (2011) / Chapter Skim
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Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practice 159 Chapter 8: Public Education CHAPTER SUMMARY Th is chapter provides instruction on methods and materials for appropriate educational information to the public about APS. CHAPTER CONTENTS Need for education 160 Providing information to the public 161 One page fl yer about APS installation 162 Specifi c techniques to be used by pedestrians who are blind at intersections equipped with APS (for Orientation and Mobility specialists)
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160 Chapter 8: Public Education Need for education NEW TYPES OF APS Many people in the U.S. have had no experience with new types of APS.
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Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practice 161 Providing information to the public RADIO, TV AND NEWSPAPER PUBLICITY It is common for information to be distributed through radio and TV publicity. Th is information may reach many people, including those who are blind or who have low vision.
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162 Chapter 8: Public Education NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, BUSINESS ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, SOCIAL SERVICE CLUBS, ETC. Off ering to provide information and speakers to various community organizations ranging from PTA meetings to business association meetings can be another avenue to provide education to individuals in the community where APS are being installed.
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Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practice 163 • Actuation indicator -- a tone, a click, or a spoken "wait" when the pushbutton is pushed to indicate that the button has been pushed • Braille street name -- street name that the pushbutton controls is on the plate above the pushbutton in braille If optional features are installed, add the applicable text below • Optional features when you hold the pushbutton in for more than a second o Pushbutton information message -- name the street that the pushbutton controls and the other streets at the intersection. Example: "Wait to cross Vermont at Haywood." o Audible beaconing -- Volume of locator tone is boosted during the fl ashing DONT WALK interval to allow a person who is blind to home in on the opposite corner of the street Provide contact information for questions or concerns Specifi c techniques to be used by pedestrians who are blind at intersections equipped with APS (for Orientation and Mobility specialists)
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164 Chapter 8: Public Education • Listen and evaluate the intersection. Determine traffi c patterns and intersection geometry and listen for a pushbutton locator tone, or a tone or speech WALK indication.
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Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practice 165 Department of Transportation. You can just call the number listed in the phone book for traffi c engineering or public works and ask who you need to contact about the traffi c signals at that intersection.
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166 Chapter 8: Public Education use the visual pedestrian signals currently installed at this location and need access to the information in order to cross the street. As you may be aware, there is a bus stop at this intersection; I must cross the street daily to reach the bus stop.
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