[Colorado-Talk] Why Australia's Crosswalk Buttons are the Best (ft. Billie Eilish)

[Sandy Schleich]

This is pretty neat. I like the traffic button that that little girl thought of to help prevent the spread of germs the kicking traffic button.

Sandy Schleich

> On Nov 1, 2021, at 4:06 PM, Curtis Chong via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello:
> 
> I have personally experienced both types of nonvisual crossing indicators.
> The city of Honolulu, Hawaii uses the first version demonstrated, that being
> the tick tack model<smile>. When I compare this with what I observe in the
> city of Aurora, I find the talking crossing indicators to be a lot less
> disruptive. Besides, they tell you what street for which the walk signal is
> on and can provide some form of homing indicator for the far side of the
> street.
> 
> In terms of dealing with the leading pedestrian indicators that we talked
> about at the convention, I do think that an approach has to be designed, and
> I also think that we, blind people, need to be a part of the design process
> just as we are with the 16th Street Mall redesign in Denver.
> 
> Kindly,
> 
> Curtis Chong
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Kevan
> Worley via Colorado-Talk
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2021 3:03 PM
> To: Colorado Talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Kevan Worley <kevan at nfbco.org>
> Subject: [Colorado-Talk] Why Australia's Crosswalk Buttons are the Best (ft.
> Billie Eilish)
> 
> https://youtu.be/FwbNFRbqwfg
> 
> 
> At Your Service,
> Kevan Worley
> 
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