Hi How have they gone about to make the traffic signal blind friendly? By installing beepers or does it speak out? Can someone fill in? Harish.
-----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Avichal Bhatnagar Sent: 05 June 2014 12:43 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] 57 traffic lights blind-friendly The problem of illegal encroachments is severe in north campus of DU. The footpaths have a tactile line, but its not streight and smooth. On 6/5/14, Shiv <[email protected]> wrote: > Source: > http://m.timesofindia.com/articleshow/36077668.cms > > '57 traffic lights blind-friendly' > Jun 5, 2014, 04.26AM IST TNN > > > NEW DELHI: The city police informed the Delhi high court that they > have installed 57 auditory devices at traffic signals in the capital > for safety of visually impaired people. > > In his reply, filed before a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and > Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, deputy commissioner of traffic police also > informed that > 35 more locations have been identified for providing auditory signals. > > "... Traffic police has provided 857 traffic signals and 401 traffic > blinkers all over Delhi for ensuring smooth flow of traffic and safety > of pedestrians and other road users. A total of 57 traffic signals > have been provided with auditory devices for the safety of visually > handicapped persons. In addition, 35 locations have also been > identified for providing auditory signals," the reply filed through > Rupinder Kumar, deputy commissioner of traffic police, said. > > "Besides... on roads where there is continuous flow of traffic, 22 > pelican traffic signals and 36 pedestrian traffic signals are > functional which have the facility to provide adequate time in the > signal cycle to pedestrians for safely crossing the roads. > Additionally, 96 signals with pedestrian aspects have been installed > and it is envisaged to provide pedestrian aspects on nearly all the signals," > the official said. > > The police's reply came after the court in March had issued notice to > the Delhi government and civic agencies on a plea seeking direction to > provide parking space to the physically challenged near the entrances > of public buildings in line with the Master Plan Delhi 2021. The bench > had also asked the traffic police, police commissioner and DDA to file > responses. > > The DCP also said that regular action is taken by traffic police to > remove illegal parking. He added that the traffic police prosecuted > 7,10,025 people in 2013 and 2,96,232 in 2014 till April 30. The > official also stated that action is also being taken against > second-hand car dealers, who are causing encroachment on the roads of the > capital. > > The official said that the department had launched a special drive on > May 6 in coordination with the civic agencies for removal of > encroachment "on specially identified 11 vital corridors in the NCT of > Delhi, in which 567 encroachments have been removed, action has been > taken against 180 vendors, > 159 vehicles have been towed away, 1047 vehicles have been challaned > and 145 notices for obstructive parking have been issued. The drive > shall continue on a regular basis". > > A PIL filed by social worker Vinod Kumar Bansal, through advocates > Anupam Srivastava and Sitab Ali Chaudhary, had sought the court's > direction to the Delhi government and civic agencies to install > auditory signals at red lights on public roads for physically > handicapped people. The plea further sought directions to make pavements > wheelchair-friendly. > > Regards, > > Shiv > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing > accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_acc > essindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org > .in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking > of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its > veracity; > > 2. 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