Cross the road
Product:
In heavy traffic free ways, the shown instruments are installed to assist pedestrians in crossing road.
Scenario:
If a person needs to cross the road, a person stands near the signal and push the button & after few seconds depending on the traffic flow & other signals, the Walk signal will be displayed for pedestrians.
Few issues were identified here:
1. uncomfortable to push button in cold whetherwhile wearing gloves.
2. If there a problem with button don't know where to inform and complain.
(in this scenario photo is shooted as "already button is pushed in")
3. In wide roads walk signal stays for 7 to 9 seconds, and most of the time user will be in the hassle half the way.
Solution Needed:
This pedestrial crossing machine is installed in most of the places in Virignia and DC. So need suggestions with a minimal change.
Other type of machine:
"Suggest Usability"
Leave your comments here.
If you want to send any sketches please send to my email rajesh.anandakrishnan [at]gmail.com
3 comments:
I think one of those is a large button that could easily be pressed with the palm of the hand, wearing gloves, or even a gloved finger. I agree that the other one is too small for easy glove use, but I think the big round silver button is more common (I've also seen a big rubberized black button that would work with gloves).
Rajesh,
Good find, other issues I have found are :
On cross roads which button applied to which signal, there are usually instructions, which helps, but still room for improvement
Second, there is no visual feedback and I see people keep pressing this, not knowing if action was successful or not.
Cheers
Alok Jain
http://www.iprincipia.com
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