Responsive+Crosswalks+-+Final+(Sara+Hendren)

.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... Sara Hendren __shendren@gsd.harvard.edu__
 * Responsive Crosswalks**
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The Responsive Crosswalks system retrofits existing accessible street intersections, creating seamless, safe street-crossing for all users, regardless of ability. This project proposes augmenting existing “zebra stripe” crosswalks with vibrating motors to actuate in tandem with “Don’t Walk” signals to pedestrians, obviating the need for the audible chirps and beats that currently dominate busy street corner provisions. This retrofit, combined with a sensing “smart cane” for navigation, creates a silent, simple structural change that provides independent wayfinding for the blind without the noise pollution and redundancy of audible signals.

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