Have you walked into any of these streetside scenarios:
You want to cross with the parallel traffic but the hand on the sign doesn’t signal it’s time to cross in tandem with the traffic flow?
The color contrast between concrete, pavement, and paint at an intersection looks blurry or indistinguishable?
Polls with audio signal buttons are offset from the curb such that you have to walk several paces to find them?
Some lesser traveled streets in your area have audio signals while heavier traveled areas still don’t?
We’d love to have answers to these accessibility predicaments. Yes, the Americans With Disabilities Act does specify important information about accessible travel. But we need to update our knowledge for the current time.
The webinar from the U.S. Access Board on February 1 will provide guidance and answers to these concerns and more when discussing accessible crosswalks. Click the link below for more about this excellent opportunity for us to learn more about the cityscape around us, especially the streets we must cross. If you are blind or low-vision, you will benefit by learning more about the variety of intersections around you along with the ways your city government should be improving these areas. If you are sighted, check out this webinar so you can learn more about how having accessible crosswalks will give your friend or relative more confidence and desire to travel independently.
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