Which crosswalk? Effects of accessible pedestrian signal characteristics

ITE Journal (Institute of Transportation Engineers)

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 26-30

  Ashmead, Daniel H ^b   Wall, Robert ^b   Bentzen, Billie Lousie ^b   Barlow, Janet M ^a  

^a ITE   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERSECTIONS; LOUDSPEAKERS; MOBILITY AIDS FOR BLIND PERSONS; SOUND RECORDING; SPEECH; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

ACCESIBLE PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL; CROSSWALK; SPEECH WALK SIGNAL MESSAGES;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 4544387488     PISSN: 01628178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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