Experimental observations on the optimal layout of orientation blocks for safe road crossing by the visually impaired

Experimental observations on the optimal layout of orientation blocks for safe road crossing by the visually impaired

For people with visual impairments who face difficulties when crossing the road, in urban areas of Japan the infrastructure designed to provide an indication of crossing direction and the curbstones at sidewalk-roadway boundaries often varies in reliability from one crossing to another. If anything,...

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Main Authors: Tomoyuki Inagaki, Shoichiro Fujisawa, Kazuya Takahashi, Norihiro Ikeda, Kiyohito Takeuchi, Hiroshi Ogino, Satoru Kobayakawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-07-01
Series:IATSS Research
Subjects:
Visually impaired
Road crossing
Orientation block
Linear protrusions
Walking experiment
Optimal layout
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0386111217300936

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