And a clip stolen from no_pity

[conuly]

My friend Darkly says that most people are too stupid to get it. I disagree - but then, this is my species, I may be biased. So, who do you think is right?

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[eofs.livejournal.com]

That all sounds cool. In Vienna (and I'm sure I've seen this somewhere else in Europe) they have raised diagrams on the side of the box thingy (where you press the button) which show how many lanes of traffice there are, which direction it's going, and I think whether it's a crossroad or a t-junction or just a single road or what. I thought that was cool.

And to stop myself making an assumption - is it standard in the US for crossings to have the bumpy paving slabs? *Spends an age looking up what they're called* Ah ha, blister paving (http://www.pavingexpert.com/tactile01.htm) it seems. The page is an interesting read actually.

[rachelkachel]

It's common - I've seen it lots of places - but I don't think it's standard by any means. Crosswalks have huge variations.

[leora.livejournal.com]

I'm confused by your combination of the word "standard" with "US" in your sentence. You seem to be under the assumption that the US has standards...

I like those tactile diagrams though - that's nifty.

The US varies highly as to what it does to accomodate people. From - there is absolutely no way to safely navigate this area unless you're in a car so don't even try and we'll laugh if you suggest sidewalks or bicycle paths to really friendly, corner cut curbs, and the traffic lights I described. I have seen some blistered areas, but not much. I see more the textured ground stuff when I'm using BART, which is my local train system. Trains/Subways often texture the area before the giant hole of doom to warn people that they're getting close. BART textures the area near where the doors stop with a different texture. At least, at most stops.

The problem is nothing is really uniform. Where I live, the crosswalks make a different sound for when it's safe to cross east-west versus north-south. But I've been told that you can't rely on that as there is no standard and each area will make up its own rules. Which makes travel much more exciting. Imagine if some places used green means go and red means stop and some places used a dinosaur and a teddy bear and you were trying to figure out what on Earth you're supposed to do.

[conuly]

BART textures the area near where the doors stop with a different texture. At least, at most stops.

Ooh, nice. I wish they did that here, it'd be useful for everyone.

Imagine if some places used green means go and red means stop and some places used a dinosaur and a teddy bear and you were trying to figure out what on Earth you're supposed to do.

Which is why there's *supposed* to be some sort of international standard for traffic signals and whatnot, but....

[leora.livejournal.com]

It is. The regular strip is yellow and the areas where the doors are are black. So, everyone knows where to cluster to quickly and efficiently get onto the train. :)

[deceptica]

We do? I never noticed that...