Accessible Pedestrian Signals
Accessible Pedestrian Signals in NYC
Accessible Pedestrian Signals Locations in New York City
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Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS)
NYCDOT’s Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS) are devices affixed to pedestrian signal poles to assist blind or low vision pedestrians in crossing the street. APS’s are wired to a pedestrian signal and send audible and vibrotactile indications when pedestrians push a button installed at the crosswalk.
Before installing an APS at an intersection, DOT analyzes off-peak traffic presence, the current traffic-signal patterns and the complexity of the intersection’s geometry, including crossing distance. The agency uses the National Cooperative Highway Research Program criteria and the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices to evaluate and then rank each intersection under consideration, including new traffic signal installations.
What is an APS?
Accessible Pedestrian Signal and pedestrian pushbutton — an integrated device that communicates information about the WALK and DON’T WALK intervals at signalized intersections in non-visual formats (i.e., audible tones and vibrotactile surfaces) to pedestrians who are blind or have low vision. (Proposed Accessibility Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way, Advisory R209)
Note that the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) in paragraph 2 of Section 4E.11 requires that APS provide both audible and vibrotactile walk indications. The Proposed Accessibility Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way (proposed PROWAG),published in 2011,incorporate the MUTCD 2009 specifications regarding APS by reference.
Note that the Draft PROWAG definition states that an APS provides information in both audible and vibrotactile formats, while the MUTCD says audible “and/or” vibrating surfaces.
Other Relevant Terms
APS are known by different names in different countries:
- Acoustic signals
- Audio-tactile signals
- Audible pedestrian signals
- Audible traffic signals
- Audible pedestrian traffic signals
- Audible crossing indicators
Major Functions of APS
APS can provide information to pedestrians about:
- Existence of and location of the pushbutton
- Beginning of the WALK interval
- Direction of the crosswalk and location of the destination curb
- Intersection street names in Braille, raised print, or through speech messages
- Intersection signalization with a speech message
- Intersection geometry through tactile maps and diagrams, or through speech messages
Key Benefits of APS
Research has found that APS improved crossing performance by blind pedestrians
- More accurate judgments of the onset of the WALK interval
- Reduction in crossings begun during DONT WALK
- Reduced delay
- Significantly more crossings completed before the signal changed
Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS)
NYCDOT’s Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS) are devices affixed to pedestrian signal poles to assist blind or low vision pedestrians in crossing the street. APS’s are wired to a pedestrian signal and send audible and vibrotactile indications when pedestrians push a button installed at the crosswalk.
Before installing an APS at an intersection, DOT analyzes off-peak traffic presence, the current traffic-signal patterns and the complexity of the intersection’s geometry, including crossing distance. The agency uses the National Cooperative Highway Research Program criteria and the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices to evaluate and then rank each intersection under consideration, including new traffic signal installations.
What is an APS?
Accessible Pedestrian Signal and pedestrian pushbutton — an integrated device that communicates information about the WALK and DON’T WALK intervals at signalized intersections in non-visual formats (i.e., audible tones and vibrotactile surfaces) to pedestrians who are blind or have low vision. (Proposed Accessibility Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way, Advisory R209)
Note that the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) in paragraph 2 of Section 4E.11 requires that APS provide both audible and vibrotactile walk indications. The Proposed Accessibility Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way (proposed PROWAG),published in 2011,incorporate the MUTCD 2009 specifications regarding APS by reference.
Note that the Draft PROWAG definition states that an APS provides information in both audible and vibrotactile formats, while the MUTCD says audible “and/or” vibrating surfaces.
Other Relevant Terms
APS are known by different names in different countries:
- Acoustic signals
- Audio-tactile signals
- Audible pedestrian signals
- Audible traffic signals
- Audible pedestrian traffic signals
- Audible crossing indicators
Major Functions of APS
APS can provide information to pedestrians about:
- Existence of and location of the pushbutton
- Beginning of the WALK interval
- Direction of the crosswalk and location of the destination curb
- Intersection street names in Braille, raised print, or through speech messages
- Intersection signalization with a speech message
- Intersection geometry through tactile maps and diagrams, or through speech messages
Key Benefits of APS
Research has found that APS improved crossing performance by blind pedestrians
- More accurate judgments of the onset of the WALK interval
- Reduction in crossings begun during DONT WALK
- Reduced delay
- Significantly more crossings completed before the signal changed
Location |
| 14th Avenue and 36th Street (New York Industries for the Blind) |
| 3rd Avenue and 33rd Street |
| 4th Avenue and 36th Street |
| 4th Avenue and 39th Street |
| 4th Avenue and 44th Street |
| 4th Avenue and 45th Street |
| 4th Avenue and 54th Street |
| 4th Avenue and 55th Street |
| 4th Avenue and 59th Street |
| 4th Avenue and 60th Street |
| 4th Avenue and 9th Street |
| 4th Avenue and Union Street |
| 5th Avenue and 89th Street |
| 86th Street and Bay 22nd Street |
| 86th Street between 4th Avenue and 5th Avenue |
| Adams Street between Fulton Street and Johnson Street (mid-block) |
| Adams Street/Boerum Place and Fulton Street |
| Adams Street/Boerum Place and Livingston Street |
| Atlantic Avenue and Boerum Place |
| Atlantic Avenue and Bond Street |
| Atlantic Avenue and Hoyt Street |
| Atlantic Avenue and Nevins Street |
| Atlantic Avenue and Smith Street |
| Avenue J and East 27th Street |
| Avenue U and Ocean Avenue |
| Avenue Y and East 26th Street |
| Avenue Z and East 6th Street |
| Bedford Avenue and Lafayette Avenue |
| Bedford Avenue between Avenue I and Campus Road (mid-block) |
| Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street |
| Boerum Place and State Street |
| Brighton Beach Avenue and Coney Island Avenue |
| Cadman Plaza West and Montague Street |
| Church Avenue and Dahill Avenue (New York Industries for the Blind) |
| Church Avenue and McDonald Avenue (New York Industries for the Blind) |
| Court Street and Atlantic Avenue |
| Court Street and Livingston Street |
| Court Street and Schermerhorn Street |
| Court Street and State Street |
| Court Street with Remsen and Joralemon Street |
| Cropsey Avenue and Bay 32nd Street |
| Cropsey Avenue and Bay 35th / 24th Avenue |
| Cropsey Avenue and Bay 49th Street |
| DeKalb Avenue and Hudson Avenue |
| Dekalb Avenue and S Portland Avenue |
| Ditmas Avenue and East 5th Street |
| East New York Avenue at Dean Street and Sackman Street |
| Flatbush Avenue and Dekalb Avenue |
| Flatbush Avenue and Glenwood Road (west leg) |
| Flatbush Avenue and Lafayette Avenue |
| Flatbush Avenue and Willoughby Street |
| Flatbush Avenue at Fulton Street and Nevins Street |
| Flatbush Avenue with Brooklyn Avenue and Avenue J |
| Flatbush Avenue with Glenwood Road and East 29th Street (east leg) |
| Flatbush Avenue with Nostrand Avenue and Hillel Place |
| Flatlands Avenue and East 107th Street |
| Flushing Avenue and Bogart Street |
| Flushing Avenue and Skillman Street |
| Flushing Avenue and Warsoff Place |
| Franklin Avenue and Lafayette Avenue |
| Fulton Street and Crescent Street |
| Fulton Street with Lafayette Avenue and Fort Greene Place |
| Graham Avenue and Maujer Street (500′ South) |
| Hanson Place and St. Felix Street |
| Hillel Place and Campus Road (North Side) |
| Jay Street and Metrotech Roadway (North Leg) |
| Jay Street and Metrotech Roadway (South Leg) |
| Jay Street and Willoughby Street |
| Jay Street/Smith Street and Fulton Street |
| Lenox Road and East 42nd Street |
| Livingston Street and Bond Street |
| Livingston Street and Hoyt Street |
| Livingston Street at Nevins Street |
| McDonald Avenue and Ditmas Avenue |
| Nevins Street and State Street |
| New Lots Avenue and Powell Street |
| New Utrecht Avenue and 62nd Street |
| Nostrand Avenue and Erasmus Street |
| Nostrand Avenue and Glenwood Road |
| Pennsylvania Avenue and Freeport Loop (North Leg) |
| Rochester Avenue and Dean Street |
| Rockaway Pkwy at Brookdale Hospital entrance (w of Linden Blvd) |
| Rutland Road with East 52nd Street and Remsen Avenue |
| Schermerhorn Street and Nevins Street |
| Smith Street and Livingston Street |
| Surf Avenue and West 29th Street |
| Voorhies Avenue and East 18th Street |
| 10th Avenue and West 55th Street |
| 12th Avenue and West 23rd Street |
| 1st Avenue and East 17th Street |
| 1st Avenue and East 122nd Street |
| 1st Avenue and East 19th Street |
| 1st Avenue and East 22nd Street |
| 1st Avenue and East 21st Street |
| 1st Avenue between E 30th Street and E 33rd Street |
| 2nd Avenue and East 98th Street |
| 2nd Avenue and Pedestrian Crossing (East 107th Street) |
| 2nd Avenue and Pedestrian Crossing (East 114th Street) |
| 2nd Avenue and Stuyvesant Square (East 16th Street) |
| 3rd Avenue and East 59th Street (Lighthouse) |
| 3rd Avenue and East 72nd Street |
| 3rd Avenue and Pedestrian Crossing at East 113th Street |
| 3rd Avenue and Pedestrian Crossing at East 114th Street |
| 5th Avenue and 125th Street |
| 5th Avenue and 58th Street and Grand Army Plaza |
| 5th Avenue and East 23rd Street |
| 5th Avenue at Pedestrian Crossing (West/East 113th Street) |
| 5th Avenue with East 124th and West 124th Streets |
| 7th Avenue and West 23rd Street |
| 7th Avenue and West 32nd Street |
| 7th Avenue and West 47th Street |
| 8th Avenue and West 130th Street |
| 8th Avenue and West 55th Street |
| 8th Avenue between West 31st and West 32nd Streets |
| 9th Avenue and West 27th Street |
| Amsterdam Avenue and Pedestrian crossing 200′ North of West 62nd Street |
| Amsterdam Avenue and West 113th Street |
| Amsterdam Avenue and West 114th Street |
| Amsterdam Avenue at Pedestrian Crossing (West 117th Street) |
| Amsterdam Avenue pedestrian crossing (btwn West 123rd and La Salle Sts) |
| Avenue D and East 11th Street |
| Avenue D and East 3rd Street |
| Avenue of Americas and 23rd Street (Selis Manor) |
| Avenue Of The Americas with Dominick Street and Clark Street |
| Battery Place and Washington Street |
| Beekman Street and Nassau Street |
| Beekman Street and Williams Street |
| Broadway & 7th Avenue with West 43rd Street |
| Broadway & 7th Avenue with West 44th Street |
| Broadway & 7th Avenue with West 45th Street |
| Broadway & 7th Avenue with West 46th Street |
| Broadway and Bowling Green |
| Broadway and West 65th Street |
| Broadway and East 96th Street |
| Broadway and West 175th Street |
| Broadway and West 23rd Street |
| Broadway and West 64th Street |
| Broadway and West 66th Street |
| Broadway with Dyckman Street and Riverside Drive |
| Broadway with West 218th Street and 10th Avenue |
| Central Park West and Pedestrian Crossing (West 79th Street) |
| Central Park West and West 65th Street (North/East/West Legs-Phase II) |
| Central Park West and West 65th Street (South Leg-Phase I) |
| Centre Street and Brooklyn Bridge Exit |
| Centre Street and Franklin Walk |
| Cherry Street and Rutgers Street |
| Clinton Street between East Broadway and Grand Street |
| Columbus Avenue and West 64th Street |
| Columbus Avenue and West 65th Street |
| Columbus Avenue and West 66th Street |
| Columbus Avenue and West 98th Street Pedestrian Crossing |
| Columbus Avenue and West 99th Street Pedestrian Crossing |
| East 37th Street and FDR Drive |
| East Broadway between Catherine Street and Market Street |
| East End Avenue and East 85th Street |
| Edgecombe Avenue and West 164th Street |
| Fifth Avenue and West 99th Street (pedestrian crossing) |
| Fifth Avenue pedestrian crossing (btwn East 132nd and East 135th Streets) |
| Frederick Douglass Boulevard (8th Avenue) and West 125th Street |
| Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 156th Street |
| Gold Street and Beekman Street |
| Gold Street and Fulton Street |
| Gold Street and Spruce Street |
| Grand Street and Ridge Street |
| Greenwich Street and Barclay Street |
| Lafayette Street and Pedestrian crossing (Pearl Street) |
| Lexington Avenue and East 25th Street |
| Lexington Avenue and East 52nd Street |
| Lexington Avenue and East 59th Street (Lighthouse) |
| Madison Avenue and East 133rd Street |
| Madison Avenue and East 134th Street |
| Madison Street and 300′ west of Jackson Street |
| Madison Street and Jefferson Street |
| Maiden Lane at Front Street |
| Malcolm X Boulevard (Lenox Avenue) and West 145th Street |
| Murray Street and 270′ West of West Street |
| Park Avenue and East 59th Street (Lighthouse) |
| Riverside Drive and West 94th Street |
| Riverside Drive and West 138th Street |
| Riverside Drive and West 151st Street |
| Riverside Drive and West 163rd Street |
| St James Place and James Street |
| St Nicholas Avenue and West 125th Street |
| St Nicholas Avenue and West 156th Street |
| St. Nicholas Avenue and Pedestrian Crossing between West 130th and West 133rd Streets |
| Stone Street and Broad Street |
| Stone Street and Whitehall Street |
| Vesey Street between North End Avenue and West Street |
| Washington Square South and Thompson Street |
| Water Street and Fulton Street |
| West 125th Street at 400’ east of Frederick Douglass Boulevard |
| West 125th Street at 400’ west of Lenox Avenue |
| West 125th Street at 450’ west of 5th Avenue |
| West 155th Street with Edgecomb Avenue and HRD / St Nicholas Place |
| West 23rd Street between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue (Mid-block) |
| West 34th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues |
| West 34th Street between 8th Avenue and 9th Avenue (mid-block) |
| West 34th Street between Broadway, 6th and 7th Avenues |
| West 42nd Street between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue |
| West 42nd Street between 7th Avenue and 8th Avenue |
| West 42nd Street between 8th Avenue and 9th Avenue |
| West 53rd Street between 5th and 6th Avenues |
| West 57th Street between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue |
| West 57th Street between 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue (Mid-block) |
| West 57th Street between 8th Avenue and 9th Avenue (Mid-block) |
| West End Avenue and Pedestrian Crossing (120’ north of West 67th Street) |
| West End Avenue and Pedestrian Crossing (West 69th Street) |
| York Avenue and East 62nd Street |
| 110th Avenue and Sutphin Boulevard |
| 137th Avenue and 172nd Street |
| 150th Street and 15th Drive |
| 27th Avenue and 8th Street (Goodwill Industries) |
| 36th Avenue and 23rd Street |
| 47th Street and 48th Avenue |
| Archer Avenue and Parsons Boulevard |
| Austin Street with 71st Avenue and Continental Avenue |
| Beach 102nd Street and Rockaway Beach Blvd West Leg |
| Clintonville Street and Locke Avenue |
| Corona Avenue and 94th Street |
| Eliot Avenue and 72nd Street |
| Francis Lewis Boulevard and 35th Avenue |
| Hempstead Avenue and 221st Street |
| Hillside Avenue and 178th Street/Edgerton Boulevard |
| Hillside Avenue and 199th Street |
| Hillside Avenue and 256th Street |
| Hillside Avenue with Merrick Boulevard and 166th Street |
| Jamaica Avenue and 196th Street |
| Jamaica Avenue and Springfield Boulevard |
| Kissena Boulevard and Elder Avenue |
| Kissena Boulevard and Sanford Avenue |
| Little Neck Parkway and 86th Avenue |
| Main Street and 41st Road |
| Main Street and Northern Boulevard |
| Marathon Parkway and 57th Avenue |
| Merrick Boulevard and 231st Street |
| Myrtle Avenue and 82nd Street |
| Northern Boulevard and 33rd Street |
| Northern Boulevard at 211th Street |
| Northern Boulevard with Roosevelt Avenue and 156th Street |
| Queens Boulevard (eastbound) and Woodhaven Boulevard |
| Queens Boulevard (westbound) and Woodhaven Boulevard |
| Queens Boulevard and 58th Street |
| Queens Boulevard and Queens Borough Hall |
| Queens Boulevard between 72nd and 73rd Streets |
| Seneca Avenue and Cornelia Street |
| Sutphin Boulevard and Archer Avenue |
| Union Turnpike and Francis Lewis Boulevard |
| Union Turnpike and Springfield Boulevard |
| Vernon Boulevard and 40th Avenue |
| Woodhaven Boulevard (NB) and Long Island Epressway entrance ramp |
| Woodhaven Boulevard and Forest Park Drive |
| Brielle Avenue and Gansevoort Boulevard (Wagner High School) |
| Castleton Avenue and Bard Avenue |
| Castleton Avenue and Brighton Avenue (S.I. Center for Independent Living) |
| Clove Road and Clove Lake Place |
| Forest Avenue and Bement Avenue |
| Howard Avenue and Hillside Avenue |
| Richmond Terrace and Sharpe Avenue |
| Targee Street and Naples Street (235’ North of Venice Street) |
| Tompkins Avenue and Hill Street |
| Victory Boulevard and Eddy Street |
| Astor Avenue and Colden Avenue |
| Bailey Avenue and West 234th Street and Bailey Place |
| Bartow Avenue and Co-Op City Boulevard and Bay Plaza Boulevard |
| Boston Road and East 212th Street/Pearsall Avenue |
| Broadway and Van Cortlandt Park (580′ South of 251st Street) |
| Bronxwood Avenue and 221st Street |
| Bronxwood Avenue and East 213th Street |
| Bronxwood Avenue and East 219th Street |
| Bronxwood Avenue and East 220th Street |
| Burke Avenue and Yates Avenue |
| Co-Op City Boulevard and Carver Loop East |
| Co-Op City Boulevard and Rombouts Avenue and Carver Loop West |
| Crotona Avenue between East 181st and East 182nd Streets |
| East 163rd Street and Rogers Place |
| East 233rd Street and Carpenter Avenue |
| East Tremont Avenue with Hutchinson River Parkway and Ericson Place |
| Edward L Grant Hwy and West 169 Street |
| Goulden Avenue and Lehman College High School |
| Grand Concourse and Fordham Road |
| Kappock Street and Netherland Avenue |
| Mace Avenue and Colden Avenue |
| Morris Park Avenue and Albert Einstein College of Medicine (mid-block) |
| Pelham Parkway N/S Service Roads and Williams Bridge Road |
| Pelham Parkway North and Laconia Avenue |
| River Avenue and East 162nd Street |
| Story Avenue and Bruckner Plaza Mall Exit/Entrance (between Boynton & Morrison Avenues) |
| Valentine Avenue and East 178th Street |
| Valentine Avenue between East Tremont and East 178th Street |
| Webster Avenue between East Tremont and East 178th Street |
| Westchester Avenue with Crosby, Buhre and Edison Avenues |
| White Plains Road and Lydig Avenue |
