Position Paper on Accessible Roundabouts
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1 Position Paper on Accessible Roundabouts June 2012 This research based document outlines essential elements in the design of roundabouts, to make them accessible for all pedestrians, including those who are blind, visually impaired or deaf/blind. It has been ratified by the following Canadian national or provincial organizations: Alberta Society for the Visually Impaired (ASVI) Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB) Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians (AEBC) Access for Sign Impaired Consumers (ASIC) VIEWS for the Visually Impaired Vision Impaired Resource Network Inc. (VIRN) Background Many cities are considering roundabouts to improve vehicle safety, increase roadway capacity and efficiency, reduce vehicular delay and concomitant emissions, provide traffic-calming effects, and mark community gateways. As a result, roundabouts are replacing many traditional intersections, in cities across Canada. This rapid installation of roundabouts, has led to major concerns about the accessibility of these free-flowing intersections, to all pedestrians, with a higher level of concern, for the safety and independent travel of people who are blind, vision impaired or deaf/blind. Pedestrians who are blind, vision impaired or deaf/blind rely primarily on auditory, visual markings, and/or tactile information to make judgments about when it is appropriate to begin crossing a street. The continuous flow of traffic, at roundabouts, removes many of the audible cues, pedestrians who are blind and visually impaired use, to navigate street crossings. Visual barriers in the centre 1
2 island, which may be desirable for vehicular traffic, creates an auditory barrier for pedestrians, with visual impairments. An increased number of lanes of traffic poses a greater risk of accidents for pedestrians. It is imperative that before the installation of any roundabout in a residential and/or urban area equipped with sidewalks, the following design elements must include: General Requirements 1. Public education must be done on how to safely and effectively use roundabouts for both vehicular traffic and pedestrians. Drivers must be well informed that pedestrians will be accessing roundabouts and to be alert and proceed with caution. 2. Transportation engineers and/or civic planners must make it their goal to create an accessible and safe environment for all pedestrians, (including people who are blind, vision impaired or deaf/blind). 3. Water fountains and other features, which produce background noise, must not be placed in close proximity to the roundabout so as to impede on the ambient sound of vehicular traffic. 4. Visual barriers, higher than 30 cm should not be permitted in the middle island, as it creates a visual barrier for drivers and pedestrians; this also creates an auditory barrier for pedestrians. 5. Clear consistent way finding that gives the pedestrian both visual and tactile cues where to enter and safely cross the roundabout. 6. City snow removal must include all cuts from the side walk to the designated pedestrian crossing, to ensure tactile landmarks are able to be located, in all seasons. 7. For one and two lane roadways, a marked crosswalk equipped with an accessible pedestrian signal (APS) with acoustic locater tone and a Vibro- 2
3 tactile component must be installed on each leg of the roundabout approach where a pedestrian will be able to cross the roundabout. APS output volumes must conform to the Transportation Association of Canada Guidelines for volume settings so as to avoid volume spillover and thus confusion by other pedestrians wanting to cross other legs of the roundabout. There must be one set of signals per entry and exit. We recommend the standard red/yellow/green signals be used. They would rest on flashing green. In response to a pedestrian activation, they would cycle to amber, and then red for the time allocated to allow for pedestrian crossing. 8. Consideration should be given to building pedestrian overpasses, in roundabouts with three lanes or more, travelling in the same direction. 9. All bus stops, suburban mail boxes and garbage pails must not be located any closer than 50 metres to a roundabout, as the bus visually and aurally, obscures the pedestrian crossing. 10. All marked crosswalks on the approaches to roundabouts must be within 50 metres to the vehicular entrance of the roundabout. Please go to for visualizations of some of the above mentioned treatments. Way Finding Elements Definition: Way finding is the consistent usage of signs, clearly marked path ways, tactile walking surface indications (TWSIs), universally understood graphics, and audible sounds used to convey location and a natural flow of direction for travelers towards reaching a destination. The following way finding elements and techniques must be considered when designing a roundabout. 1. As this is a mid block crossing, safety yellow guidance TWSIs (3 5 parallel flat-topped elongated bars that extend in the direction of travel, each approximately cm wide, having a height of 5mm +/- 1mm) must 3
4 span the sidewalk, indicating the crosswalk entrance. 2. Curb cuts or let-downs on both the departure and destination curbs of the crosswalk must include high color contrasting (defined by two elements having a minimum 70% contrast or conspicuity rating between one element and another), 600mm wide tactile walking surface indicators (measuring back from the curb s edge) which span the horizontal plain of the curb cut. 3. Sidewalks, with landscaping at street edge, to preclude prohibited crossings to center island. 4. Areas where pedestrians need to cross must have standardized, well-defined and color contrasting crosswalks, with high color contrasted, cane detectable guide strips (3 5 raised or indented parallel lines, with the concave and convex, each approximately 2 cm wide, having a minimum depth variance of 1 cm) to demark a straight line of travel for pedestrians who are blind, visually impaired and deafblind. 5. Crosswalks must be perpendicular to all curbs. 6. Splitter islands must not extend into the crosswalk (in that a pedestrian who is blind, visually impaired or deafblind may interpret the splitter island as the destination curb.) Pedestrian WALK phases must allow sufficient time for a pedestrian to execute a complete crossing from the departure curb to the destination curb, particularly where the roadway is wider due to a splitter island. 7. All pedestrian signage must be consistent in format, provide both tactile and braille lettering, as per CSA standards, and have high contrast between foreground and background colors. 8. All graphics or symbols used for signage must be universally recognizable and understood by most people. 9. All roundabouts, with pedestrian crossings, require lighting in all crosswalk locations, to assist in visibility of pedestrians. References and Resources 4
5 Bentzen, Billie Louise (Beezy). Research on Wayfinding Systems for Pedestrians who are Blind. ITE Wayfinding Workshop, Oct , MacDonald, Lesley. Clearing Our Path, Toronto, Ontario, CNIB 2009, pp. 16, 37-40, 43-46, Schroeder, Bastian. Blind Pedestrians Access to Roundabouts and Other Complex Intersections. Institute for Transportation Research and Education at North Carolina State University Schroeder, Bastian; Hughes, Ronald; Rouphail, Nagui; Cunningham, Christopher; Salamati, Katy; Long, Richard; Guth, David; Wall Emerson, Robert; Kim, Dae; Barlow, Janet; Bentzen, Billie Louise (Beezy); Rodegerdts, Lee; Myers, Ed. Crossing Solutions at Roundabouts and Channelized Turn Lanes for Pedestrians with Vision Disabilities. Nathional Cooperative Highway Research Program Report 674, Washington, D.C., Scott, Alan C. Walking Between the Lines: Nonvisual Cues for Maintaining Headings During Street Crossings. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, October 1, United States Access Board. Proposed Accessibility Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way, Washington, D.C., July 26, 2011, pp
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