Another Way for Blind People to Cross Streets: Tactile Traffic Maps

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@Vegancutie 4 ай бұрын

Haben you are doing so much for the visually impaired and blind community. I hope that civil engineers build more tactile devices such as this into our infrastructure. We need empathetically designed cities!!!!!!!

@haben_girma 3 ай бұрын

@@Vegancutie Thank you! Since posting this video I’ve heard from blind people who plan to ask their cities to install accessible pedestrian signals. I’m hopeful we’ll have safer crosswalks in more cities around the world soon!

@ThisIsNotAHairOnYourScreen 4 ай бұрын

Brilliant, I am glad they are providing explicit instructions on how to cross the street, it's genius and whoever thought of this should be very proud of themselves.

@haben_girma 3 ай бұрын

@@ThisIsNotAHairOnYourScreen I also hope the engineers who designed this received appreciation for their work!

@willtheview 4 ай бұрын

Great innovation!

@haben_girma 4 ай бұрын

@@willtheview Glad you think so, too!

@MattSiegel 4 ай бұрын

i love how the map is modular so they can mix and match any needed map!

@haben_girma 3 ай бұрын

@@MattSiegel Yes! It’s a great design with adaptability! Someone pointed out that making a map for each crosswalk is time-intensive work. Pedestrians’ safety is worth it.

@stephanieries4441 4 ай бұрын

This needs to be on every city corner!

@haben_girma 3 ай бұрын

@@stephanieries4441 Yes! We can ask our cities to install accessible pedestrian signals.

@_mortiam 4 ай бұрын

We have those boxes in Austria, too. Didn't know they also vibrate! I've never touched those, since I find it really annoying that everyone pushes that button, thinking it will switch the traffic lights sooner. But I'm curious if ours also vibrate. When I'm alone at an intersection, maybe I'll check^^

@haben_girma 3 ай бұрын

@@_mortiam Does it vibrate? In Sweden there were a variety of styles, and some of them did not have the vibrating star.