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Hi, to help protect people in Burlington from having to touch beg buttons potentially infected with coronavirus please immediately place all pedestrians signals in to recall mode so that they automatically actuate each cycle to help prevent unnecessary spread of COVID-19. Thank you.
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Reconnu DPW Pine Customer Service (Membre officiel vérifié)
Clos Traffic Signal Engineer (Membre officiel vérifié)
Stef B (Utilisateur inscrit)
Réouvert An anonymous SeeClickFix user (Utilisateur inscrit)
Yes, folks may touch other surfaces as well, but that is not an excuse to fail to do everything we can to protect folks.
Now is not the time to coddling drivers :| Why are we caring about whiny complaints in the middle of a pandemic instead of doing everything we can to improve the situation? Not a rhetorical question...
P.s., yes, some of the buttons are the two inch style, but many are also still the "small actuator" style as well.
Reconnu DPW Pine Customer Service (Membre officiel vérifié)
Traffic Signal Engineer (Membre officiel vérifié)
OldVtr (Utilisateur inscrit)
Traffic Signal Engineer (Membre officiel vérifié)
OldVtr (Utilisateur inscrit)
Clos Traffic Signal Engineer (Membre officiel vérifié)
This has remained open and somewhat under consideration for over a year. With things getting back to normal, the original impetus is largely gone, and this needs to be resolved.
Some manufacturers have responded to the intent of this request with "touch-less" buttons. We have no experience with these yet. No idea if they are reliable (think winter clothes) or if they are worth a presumably higher cost. If they did prove to be reliable, one attractive thing about them is that we would see no more banging on them (sometimes HARD), like we see with our existing buttons that can break with this kind of gross abuse. The large actuator surfaces were meant to be easy to press (2 ounces) for people with less dexterity than most of us, not targets for kick boxing practice.
We are in the middle of installing our latest batch of 42 tactile pedestrian indicators (TPIs). These are the talking buttons that give a tone when pressed, say the location when pressed for 2-3 seconds, and have a raised arrow on the actuator, pointing in the direction of the crossing, that vibrates (tactile) while the walk signal is on.
The lack of a tactile arrow on a touch-less button means they may not be a suitable replacement for the ADA type buttons we are installing now. Future rules and technology may resolve this situation. If they are less expensive than TPIs and reliable, they might be worth the additional expense versus conventional buttons.
The Department of Public Works has resolved this request. Thanks for helping to keep Burlington a great place to live and work.
SaintPauliGirl (Utilisateur inscrit)
Traffic Signal Engineer (Membre officiel vérifié)