Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practices (Workshop Edition 2010)
This document provides an introduction to accessible pedestrian signals (APSs) and highlights issues related to the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of APSs. The report also addresses public education, U.S. case studies, and international practice related to APSs. In addition, the report explores issues related to travel by pedestrians who are blind or who have low vision, and examines traffic signals and modern intersection design. This document is designed to serve as a companion resource document to a one-day training course on accessible pedestrian signals.
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Availability:
- Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780309430289
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Supplemental Notes:
- NCHRP Web-Only Document 150 is a reformatted edition of and replaces NCHRP Web-Only Document 117A: Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practice.
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Authors:
- Harkey, David L
- Carter, Daniel
- Bentzen, Billie L
- Barlow, Janet M
- Publication Date: 2011
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Edition: Contract Report
- Features: Appendices; Figures; Glossary; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 339p
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Serial:
- NCHRP Web-Only Document
- Issue Number: 150
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Best practices; Blind persons; Case studies; Design; Education; Guidelines; Installation; International; Maintenance; Operations; Pedestrian traffic; Pedestrian vehicle interface; Signalized intersections; Traffic control devices; Visually impaired persons
- Uncontrolled Terms: Accessible pedestrian signals
- Geographic Terms: United States
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; I73: Traffic Control;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01330661
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9780309430289
- Report/Paper Numbers: NCHRP Project 3-62A
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Feb 28 2011 11:42AM