PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AT ROUNDABOUTS

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PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AT ROUNDABOUTS

• Location
• Coloured surfacing
• Detection
• - vehicle
• - pedestrian
• Equipment to assist visually impaired
• Lighting
• Road signs and the visually or mobility impaired
• Photos

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CROSSING LOCATION

• Use signalised crossings
• On exit, not more than 20m from roundabout
• On exit, taper should be complete before crossing
• On the entry, between 20 and 50m from roundabout

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CROSSING LOCATION

• Stagger the crossings
• Pedestrians on central reserve look towards
  traffic they are about to cross
• Control speed on exit from roundabout- exit
  deflection as opposed to easy exit?

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COLOURED SURFACING

• Coloured surface warns drivers of hazard ahead
• Surfacing material should be a high friction
  material
• If possible, define nationally what colour
  represents what hazard
• Needs maintenance to refresh colour

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VEHICLE DETECTION

• 1. Use above ground detection
• 2. No need to detect trapped vehicles
• as signals revert to vehicle green

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PEDESTRIAN DETECTION

• Simplest is push button giving fixed pedestrian
  timings
• Newest equipment uses push-buttons and 2 types of
  pedestrian detector
• 1. Kerbside detector
• see pedestrians waiting to cross
• - if pedestrians leave, demand cancelled
• 2. On crossing detector
• extends crossing period between min and max
  times - just like vehicle actuation
• - short crossing period for fast/fit
  pedestrians
• - long crossing period for
• large numbers of pedestrians
• slow/disabled pedestrians

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EQUIPMENT TO ASSIST VISUALLY IMPAIRED

• BLEEP SWEEP equipment
• Tactile revolving cone
• Ticking boxes
• Tactile paving surfaces

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BLEEP SWEEP EQUIPMENT
Bleeper

• Bleeper gives intermittent noise during
  invitation to cross period
• Second is intended to be localised to waiting
  area
• Automatic control of sound output level
• Located a little above head height
• Intended to allow 2 or more adjacent crossings to
  operate without mutual interference
• Difficult to set up and maintain

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TACTILE REVOLVING CONE
WAIT
PUSH BUTTON
REVOLVING KNURLED CONE

• Located in standard position under the standard
  wait light unit
• Cone revolves during invitation period
• Effective for both the visually impaired and the
  deaf
• Avoids confusion between adjacent crossings
• Technically best solution

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TICKING BOXES

• Emits an intermittent low-volume sound constantly
  when crossing green to traffic
• Designed to guide the visually impaired to
  crossing control unit
• Automatic volume control to match background
  noise level
• Changes to Cross now noise during invitation
  period
• Some questions about annoyance of constant noise
  to nearby residents/workers
• Widely used in Australia and some European
  countries

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TACTILE PAVING SURFACES

• Designed to provide guidance/information to the
  visually impaired pedestrian
• Different surface textures give specific
  information
• Surface to identify presence of pedestrian
  crossings
• General application in the UK
• Information on full range of surfaces and uses in
  the Department for the Environment, Transport and
  the Regions (now Department for Transport)
  document Guidance on the use of Tactile Paving
  Surfaces

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LIGHTING AT PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS

• Lighting should be good - i.e. uniform brightness
• BRIGHT does not equal GOOD!
• Brilliance of crossing lighting should be similar
  to roadway and surrounding area
• Contrast to high light crossing can be obtained
  through different colour tone to lighting.

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ROAD SIGNS THE VISUALLY OR MOBILITY IMPAIRED

• Keep signage well away from areas where
  pedestrians wait to cross
• Large bollards can hide people in wheelchairs or
  children

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COLOURED SURFACE
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EXIT TO CROSSING
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TACTILE SURFACE
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