Accessible Signal Web Page

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> Everything you wanted to know about accessible signals. Please
> distribute.
> 
> Updated Web resource for Accessible Pedestrian Signals
> An updated Web site on the best practices of Accessible Pedestrian
> Signals has been launched at www.apsguide.org
> <http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/ss/users/link.php?UserID=116565&Newslet
> ter=11&List=8&LinkType=Send&LinkID=708> . An Accessible Pedestrian
> Signal is "a device that communicates information about pedestrian
> timing in nonvisual format such as audible tones, verbal messages,
> and/or vibrating surfaces (MUTCD, Section 4A.02)."
> Sections within the Web site include:
> Chapter 1: Introduction
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> ter=11&List=8&LinkType=Send&LinkID=702> 
> Chapter 2: Travel by Blind Pedestrians
> <http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/ss/users/link.php?UserID=116565&Newslet
> ter=11&List=8&LinkType=Send&LinkID=700> 
> Chapter 3: Understanding Traffic Signals
> <http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/ss/users/link.php?UserID=116565&Newslet
> ter=11&List=8&LinkType=Send&LinkID=699> 
> Chapter 4: Features of APS
> <http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/ss/users/link.php?UserID=116565&Newslet
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> Chapter 5: When to Install APS
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> Chapter 6: Designing APS Installations
> <http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/ss/users/link.php?UserID=116565&Newslet
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> Chapter 7: Installation & Operation
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> Chapter 8: Public Education
> <http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/ss/users/link.php?UserID=116565&Newslet
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> Chapter 9: U.S. Case Studies
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> Chapter 10: International Case Studies
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> Appendix A: Current Guidelines
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> Appendix B: Product Information
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> Appendix C: Research on APS
> <http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/ss/users/link.php?UserID=116565&Newslet
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> Appendix D: Prioritization Tool Instructions and Forms
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> Appendix E: Glossary
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> The content of the Web site is a product of the National Cooperative
> Highway Research Program Project 3-62, Guidelines for Accessible
> Pedestrian Signals. This research study used extensive field testing
> to determine which APS features and locations are most beneficial for
> blind and visually impaired pedestrians. The web site content was
> adapted from the print document produced by the NCSHP study, entitled
> Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practices.
> 
> Sheila Lyons
> ODOT
> Pedestrian and Bicycle Program Manager
> 355 Capitol St. NE, Rm 222
> Salem, OR 97301-3749
> 503-986-3555
> Sheila.a.lyons at odot.state.or.us
> www.oregon.gov/odot/hwy/bikeped/
> 
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