National Academies Press: OpenBook
« Previous: Appendix A - Current Guidelines
Page 247
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B - Product Information ." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2011. Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practices (Workshop Edition 2010). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22902.
×
Page 247
Page 248
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B - Product Information ." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2011. Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practices (Workshop Edition 2010). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22902.
×
Page 248
Page 249
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B - Product Information ." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2011. Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practices (Workshop Edition 2010). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22902.
×
Page 249
Page 250
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B - Product Information ." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2011. Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practices (Workshop Edition 2010). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22902.
×
Page 250
Page 251
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B - Product Information ." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2011. Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practices (Workshop Edition 2010). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22902.
×
Page 251
Page 252
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B - Product Information ." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2011. Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practices (Workshop Edition 2010). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22902.
×
Page 252
Page 253
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B - Product Information ." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2011. Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practices (Workshop Edition 2010). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22902.
×
Page 253
Page 254
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B - Product Information ." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2011. Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practices (Workshop Edition 2010). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22902.
×
Page 254
Page 255
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B - Product Information ." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2011. Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practices (Workshop Edition 2010). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22902.
×
Page 255
Page 256
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B - Product Information ." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2011. Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practices (Workshop Edition 2010). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22902.
×
Page 256
Page 257
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B - Product Information ." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2011. Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practices (Workshop Edition 2010). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22902.
×
Page 257
Page 258
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B - Product Information ." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2011. Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practices (Workshop Edition 2010). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22902.
×
Page 258
Page 259
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B - Product Information ." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2011. Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practices (Workshop Edition 2010). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22902.
×
Page 259
Page 260
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B - Product Information ." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2011. Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practices (Workshop Edition 2010). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22902.
×
Page 260

Below is the uncorrected machine-read text of this chapter, intended to provide our own search engines and external engines with highly rich, chapter-representative searchable text of each book. Because it is UNCORRECTED material, please consider the following text as a useful but insufficient proxy for the authoritative book pages.

Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practice B - 247 Appendix B: Product Information Campbell Company B-248 Novax Industries B-251 Bob Panich Consultancy B-254 Polara Engineering B-256 Prisma Teknik B-258 Introduction Information on Accessible Pedestrian Signal (APS) manufacturers was obtained directly from manufacturers and manufacturers’ web sites in May 2007 and updated in 2009. Be sure to confirm features, functioning, and installation requirements of APS with the manufacturer before purchase, as APS product offerings are constantly changing. New manufacturers may enter the U.S. market at any time; this appendix lists ones that authors of this Guide are aware of at the time of publication. There are a number of companies manufacturing and distributing APS in other countries and more development can be expected. The descriptions of features of APS, as well as how these features are used by pedestrians who are blind and visually impaired can be found in Chapter 4. If the manufacturer uses a term different from the terms commonly used in this document for a feature, the manufacturer’s term is listed in parentheses. In the descriptions of each product, “standard features” refer to features that are included in the standard price or on all models. “Optional features” refer to features that must be ordered extra or need special specifications on ordering (i.e., speech messages or pushbutton information messages that may need to be recorded by the manufacturer).

B - 248 Appendix B: Product Information Campbell Company 450 W. McGregor Dr. Boise, ID 83705 Phone: 208-345-7459 Fax: 208-345-7481 http://www.pedsafety.com MODELS • AAPS — Advanced Accessible Pedestrian System • Advisor — Fully Integrated Pedestrian Station • Advisor — Base Broadcast Unit • VTO — Vibrotactile only STANDARD FEATURES Advanced Accessible Pedestrian System Walk Indications • Speech Messages and Tones • Vibrotactile Arrow Other • Speaker at Pushbutton • Pushbutton locator tone • Tactile arrow • Automatic volume adjustment • Separate volume controls for locator and speech messages • Actuation indicator: tone, message, LED • Rest in Walk • Extended pushbutton functions • Synchronization of all stations for specifi c pedestrian movements • Custom speech messages • Time of day functions • RJ45 TS2 interface Advisor — Fully Integrated Pedestrian Station Walk Indications • Speech Messages and Tones • Vibrotactile Arrow

Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practice B - 249 Other • Speaker at Pushbutton • Pushbutton locator tone • Tactile arrow • Automatic volume adjustment • Separate volume controls for locator and speech messages • Actuation indicator: tone, message, LED • Synchronization of initiation and destination for target beaconing • Custom speech messages • Rest in Walk • Extended pushbutton functions • Fault indicator Figure B-1. Advisor FIPS 57 Figure B-2. Advisor FIPS H Figure B-3. VTO Unit Figure B-4. BBU, showing speaker mounted on bottom of pedestrian signal head

B - 250 Appendix B: Product Information Advisor — Base Broadcast Unit Walk Indications • Speech Messages and Tones VTO — Vibrotactile only Walk Indications • Vibrotactile signal at push button — no audible. OPTIONAL FEATURES • Braille • Crosswalk tactile map • Bluetooth capable INSTALLATION NOTES Advanced Accessible Pedestrian System • Utilizes existing 2 wires from Traffi c Control cabinet • Pre-programmed with adjustments and modifi cations made from laptop Advisor — Fully Integrated Pedestrian Station • Utilizes existing 2 wires from Traffi c Control cabinet • Ethernet cable from pedestrian station to driver in ped head • No special tools required for installation COMMENTS BBU is designed for intersection with no pedestrian actuation. Th e Walk Cycle signal is broadcast down from the ped head to the crossing initiation point. Advisor FIPS provides both audible and vibrotactile indications and other features, as required in Draft PROWAG. VTO units provide vibrotactile indications only.

Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practice B - 251 Novax Industries 658 Derwent Way New Westminster, BC, Canada V3M 5P8 Phone: 866-977-4APS (1-866-977-4277) Phone: 604-525-5644 Fax: 604-525-2739 http://www.novax.com MODELS • DS100 • DS3000 Additional components for DS3000: Vibrawalk, with functions of pushbutton and vibrating arrow integrated STANDARD FEATURES DS100 WALK indication • Two or four tones standard, cuckoo and chirp (peep-peep) and two additional custom tones Other • Speaker unit mounts on pedestrian signal head DS3000 WALK indication • Two or four tones standard, Cuckoo, chirp, short beep, and long beep • Dip switch setting to provide either concurrent sound from both ends of the crosswalk or sound which alternates from each end of the crosswalk • Optional additional unit (VibraWalk) to provide vibrotactile indication Other • Typically mounted on pedestrian signal head • Automatic volume adjustment (dynamic proportional volume compensation) • Separate volume settings for locator tone and WALK signal • External sound adjustment screws • Separate circuit to drive the optional vibrating tactile feature

B - 252 Appendix B: Product Information OPTIONAL FEATURES • VibraWalk2 unit which provides pushbutton locator tone, actuation indicator (Button Lamp Indicator, BLI), Pushbutton information message (Pedestrian Acknowledge), and vibrotactile arrow at pushbutton • Custom Speech messages for DS100 (up to 15 seconds) and DS3000 (up to 32 seconds) • Sound inhibit interacts with traffi c signal controller to disable audible indications as required • Maximum walk timer for “Rest-In-WALK” intersections • DS3000i option provides a control board which is mounted inside the pedestrian signal head, to drive VibraWalk2 unit and provide all sounds from pushbutton, or for use with optional additional beaconing speaker INSTALLATION NOTES 4 wire 20 gauge 120 VAC derived from WALK and DONT WALK indicator COMMENTS Optional VibraWalk unit is needed to provide pushbutton locator tone, tactile arrow and vibrotactile WALK indications, as required by Draft PROWAG.

Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practice B - 253 Figure B-7. The Vibrawalk2 unit for use with the DS3000 to provide a pushbutton locator tone and a vibrotactile arrow. Figure B-8. DS3000 is the company’s newest product Figure B-6. The DS100 mounted on pedestrian signal heads

B - 254 Appendix B: Product Information Bob Panich Consultancy PO Box 360 Ryde NSW 1680 Australia Phone: 61 2 9809 6499 Fax: 61 2 9809 6962 http://www.bobpanich.com.au/ MODELS • BPC STANDARD FEATURES WALK indication • Tone — 500 Hz with a repetition rate of 8.5 Hz — series of rapid thump sounds • Vibrating arrow Other • Pushbutton locator tone (locating tone) — 880 Hz with a repetition rate of 1 Hz for US market or 1000 Hz with a repetition rate of 0.55 Hz for Australian market • Tactile arrow • Automatic volume adjustment, with three standard settings for response • Alert tone (transitional tone) — brief burst of 3500 Hz tone, decreasing exponentially to 700 Hz, and then going to 500 Hz WALK tone OPTIONAL FEATURES • Cuckoo and chirp or other sounds • Fixed WALK message length of 8, 16 or 32 seconds or WALK message can be on during the full WALK interval • Actuation indicator (demand indicator/demand tone) — light and tone • Long button press — allows pedestrians to request a WALK tone at 12 dB above the sound of the locator tone (Higher volume demand, HVD) INSTALLATION NOTES Driver unit is mounted in a housing on the pole near the pedhead, wired to the pedhead. Automatic gain control level is set during installation.

Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practice B - 255 COMMENTS Complies with specifi cations of the Australian standard; standard pushbutton in Australia. Figure B-9. Panich BPC Figure B-10. Driver unit for Panich BPC

B - 256 Appendix B: Product Information Polara Engineering 9153 Stellar Court Corona, CA 92883 Phone: 888-340-4872 Phone: 714-521-0900 Fax: 714-521-5587 www.polara.com MODELS • Navigator STANDARD FEATURES WALK indication • Rapid tick • Speech message or cuckoo/chirp • Vibrating tactile arrow Other • Speaker at pushbutton • Pushbutton locator tone (locating tone) • Tactile arrow • Automatic volume adjustment — 60 dB range • Separate minimum & maximum volume settings for Pushbutton locator tone (Locate sound), Clearance & WALK Sounds. • Actuation indicator — tone, LED light and tactile bounce back • Depression in the arrow enables pushbutton operation with a head stick • Push button failures or system failures default to transmitting a constant pedestrian call OPTIONAL FEATURES • Custom speech messages • Fixed WALK message timing or WALK message can be on during full WALK interval • Braille street name on the face plate • Face plate with informational sign • Optional clearance sounds or audible countdown of remaining seconds during clearance available

Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practice B - 257 • Direction of travel message • Extended pushbutton functions: o Pushbutton Information message (pushbutton message) o Audible beaconing — volume increase of WALK indication and pushbutton locator tone during the subsequent pedestrian phase o Extended push priority (mutes entire intersection except selected crosswalk to minimize confusion caused by other sounds) INSTALLATION NOTES 2-wire system Operates with only two wires from the intersection traffi c control cabinet to the pushbutton and is programmable after installation by the installer using a handheld PDA type device. Control unit is mounted in the signal controller. Numerous options programmable with PDA. 4-wire system Used when pushbutton wires from the traffi c control cabinet to each button location do not exist. Two pair of 18-22 gauge wires run from the control unit that mounts in the pedestrian signal head to the pushbutton unit. All features programmed after installation by the installer using a handheld PDA type device. A PDA-type device called a Confi gurator is an additional piece of equipment that is needed for setting the features and volume of their 2-wire and 4-wire APS. Jurisdictions will need to purchase one or two for technician use. Figure B-11. Polara Navigator APS mounted on pole

B - 258 Appendix B: Product Information Prisma Teknik Box 5 Mariestadsvägen 28 543 21 TIBRO, Sweden Tel: +46 (0)504 400 40 Fax: +46 (0)504 141 41 http://www.prismateknik.se MODELS • TS-903F, TS-904F, TS-907F, TS-908F very similar with slightly different features • Digital Acoustic Pedestrian Signal, DAPS STANDARD FEATURES TS-903F, TS-904F, TS-907F, TS-908F WALK indication • Rapidly repeating percussive tone • Vibrating arrow on TS-907 and TS-908 only Other • Speaker at pushbutton • Pushbutton locator tone • Tactile arrow • Automatic volume adjustment within range of 55 – 95 dB • Actuation indicator — light and tone — on TS-903 and TS-907 only • Crosswalk tactile map (Braille map) • Fault indicator OPTIONAL FEATURES • 10 diff erent tones available • Night switch to deaden sound • Double-ended arrow available for use on medians and right-angle arrow available for use with exclusive pedestrian phasing, where there is a single pushbutton on a corner

Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practice B - 259 DAPS WALK indication • Rapidly repeating percussive tone • Vibrating arrow Other • Speaker at pushbutton • Pushbutton locator tone • Tactile arrow • Automatic volume adjustment within range of 55 – 95 dB • Actuation indicator — light and tone • Crosswalk tactile map (Braille map) • Fault indicator OPTIONAL FEATURES • 10 diff erent tones available by setting with PDA • Custom speech WALK messages, recorded and programmable with PDA • Additional beaconing speaker (TS-995) for mounting at overhead location • Night switch to deaden sound • Double-ended arrow available for use on medians and right-angle arrow available for use with exclusive pedestrian phasing, where there is a single pushbutton on a corner • Extended button press features o Pushbutton information message 1 – 16 seconds INSTALLATION NOTES Numerous features of DAPS model are programmable with PDA. Volume min/max levels are adjustable by installer. Step-down transformer available for mounting in the pedestrian signal head for U.S. installation Tactile arrow is mounted horizontally on top of device, allowing some latitude in placement of APS on pole, while still making it possible to align the arrow parallel with the associated crosswalk. Wiring colors may conform to European standards rather than U.S. standards Figure B-12. Prisma TS-907F Figure B-13. Prisma TS- 995 pedhead-mounted beaconing loud speaker

B - 260 Appendix B: Product Information

Next: Appendix C - Research on APS »
Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practices (Workshop Edition 2010) Get This Book
×
 Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practices (Workshop Edition 2010)
MyNAP members save 10% online.
Login or Register to save!
Download Free PDF

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 150: Accessible Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practices (Workshop Edition 2010) provides an introduction to accessible pedestrian signals (APS) and highlights issues related to the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of APS.

The report also addresses public education, U.S. case studies, and international practice related to APS. 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.

NCHRP Web-Only Document 150 is designed to serve as a companion resource document to a one-day training course on accessible pedestrian signals. For information on the training program, contact Stephan Parker of TRB at SAParker@nas.edu.

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.

On July 20, 2011, TRB co-sponsored a web briefing or "webinar" that explored information about the project. As a part of the webinar, panelists provided information about how to host a free APS workshop offered through NCHRP. Details about the webinar can be found on our website.

READ FREE ONLINE

  1. ×

    Welcome to OpenBook!

    You're looking at OpenBook, NAP.edu's online reading room since 1999. Based on feedback from you, our users, we've made some improvements that make it easier than ever to read thousands of publications on our website.

    Do you want to take a quick tour of the OpenBook's features?

    No Thanks Take a Tour »
  2. ×

    Show this book's table of contents, where you can jump to any chapter by name.

    « Back Next »
  3. ×

    ...or use these buttons to go back to the previous chapter or skip to the next one.

    « Back Next »
  4. ×

    Jump up to the previous page or down to the next one. Also, you can type in a page number and press Enter to go directly to that page in the book.

    « Back Next »
  5. ×

    To search the entire text of this book, type in your search term here and press Enter.

    « Back Next »
  6. ×

    Share a link to this book page on your preferred social network or via email.

    « Back Next »
  7. ×

    View our suggested citation for this chapter.

    « Back Next »
  8. ×

    Ready to take your reading offline? Click here to buy this book in print or download it as a free PDF, if available.

    « Back Next »
Stay Connected!