Hello Colleagues:
Here is a note from the OANDM list. It occurs to me that this might
make a good senior project.
Project Title:
Light Rail Warning Device
The Problem:
Surface Light Rail systems such as those in Portland Oregon are very
very quiet. I lived in Beaverton and can personally attest to this. Blind
people cannot hear oncoming trains and can have difficulty crossing tracks.
This often occurs when at a transit station when a bus drops a person off
across the tracks from where they will enter the train. If there is noise in
the transit station, the trains are impossible to hear, and they do not blow
horns or ring bells. This was done so as not to wake up people sleeping in
nearby houses.
Design Challenge:
Design a device that can detect oncoming light rail trains and give a
warning.
Design perameters:
Device should be small and carried by the user.
For more information:
Name Robert Jaquiss
Phone: 318-396-1853
Email: rjaquiss@earthlink.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff Perel" <gperel@sbcglobal.net>
To: <oandm@lists.aerbvi.org>
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 6:34 PM
Subject: [OandM] Light Rail Warning
>
> Hi O&M List Serve Participants.
>
> Does anyone have a reply or comment to a question I received today from
> the Fixed Route Accessibility Coordinator for the San Francisco Municipal
> Transportation Agency:
>
> "My question for mobility instructors is whether they have encountered any
> warning device or signal to inform a blind or low-vision user of street
> level train tracks, such as those found in San Francisco , Portland , OR ,
> Boston or other cities operating light rail vehicles on streets in mixed
> traffic. Currently San Francisco does not have any signal to inform users,
> and I’m wondering whether any other cities are concerned about this from a
> safety perspective or attempting other means of informing users of
> potential on-coming trains."
>
> Thanks,
>
> Geoff Perel, MA, COMS
> Sebastopol, CA
>
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