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U.S. Department of Transportation
Mobile Accessible Pedestrian Signal System (PED-SIG)
§Allows an “automated pedestrian call” to be sent to
the traffic controller from any personal device of registered blind users after confirming the direction and orientation of the roadway that the pedestrian is intending to
cross.
§Integrates information from:
□roadside or intersection sensors
□new forms of data from wirelessly
connected
pedestrian-carried mobile
devices
§Communicates wirelessly
with the traffic signal controller to obtain real-time SPAT information
§Informs the visually impaired pedestrian as to when to
cross and how to remain
aligned with the crosswalk.
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