This online guide is an interim product for NCHRP Project 3-62, Guidelines for Accessible Pedestrian Signals, which is being carried out under a contract with The University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center under the direction of David L. Harkey (Principal Investor). It provides background information on how pedestrians who are blind or visually impaired cross streets, and how Accessible Pedestrian Signals assist this process. This online guide is an interim product for NCHRP Project 3-62, Guidelines for Accessible Pedestrian Signals, which is being carried out under a contract with The University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center under the direction of David L. Harkey (Principal Investor). It provides background information on how pedestrians who are blind or visually impaired cross streets, and how Accessible Pedestrian Signals assist this process.

This work was sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, and was conducted in the National Cooperative Highway Research Program, which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Research Council.

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More Information: www.walkinginfo.org/aps/home.cfm

• Accessible Pedestrian Signals: Atlanta, GA
• Accessible Pedestrian Signals: Charlotte, NC
• Accessible Pedestrian Signals: Dunedin, FL
• Accessible Pedestrian Signals: Maryland Department of Transportation
• Accessible Pedestrian Signals: Montomgery County, MD
• Accessible Pedestrian Signals: Morgantown, WV
• Accessible Pedestrian Signals: Newton, MA
• Accessible Pedestrian Signals: Portland, OR
• Accessible Pedestrian Signals: Washington, NJ