UNIVERSAL DESIGN EDD-2290-C02 Civil Design & Drafting Warren - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

UNIVERSAL DESIGN EDD-2290-C02 – Civil Design & Drafting – Warren Salberg – 2018-04-04

INTRODUCTION

EQUITABLE USE Crosswalks downtown Bicycle route, London Rd. • Audible signals for vision-impaired people • Low traffic density; offers no calming effect • Visual signals for sighted people • Not at offset road • Drop-curb design for wheelchair access & • Low-visibility bollards may offer night-time limited tripping hazard hazard • Tactile paving allows for prevention of • Diverts drivers away from destination, slippage creating longer routes

FLEXIBILITY IN USE Recycle, garbage bin, Henderson Park • Angle offers accessibility to wheelchair Chinook Tourism, Scenic Dr. & Mayor users but falls short. Magrath Dr. S. • lid is too high to reach • Design offers access to those without • lid is too heavy mobility challenges. • offers recycling bin for bottle collectors • The sloped ramp is easy for people in wheel but contains garbage – intended design chairs and those with other impairments. missed its mark.

SIMPLE & INTUITIVE USE Active Park, Scenic Dr. S. Traffic circle – 4 St. & 7 Ave. S. • Simple instructions, simple design, • Low traffic area, unnecessary simple to use • Annoying hindrance of traffic flow • Provides high benefit per effort • Waste of civic financial resources

PERCEPTIBLE INFORMATION Chinook Tourism, 28 St. & Scenic Dr. S. intersection Automated washroom downtown • Left lane turns left; right lane goes straight and turns right • Without reading one can easily understand the diagram. • Perception: no through route, road ends • Both French and English instruction. • No direction arrows on pavement (show • Instruction are bulleted. yellow)

TOLERANCE FOR ERROR HONK Park & Pay service Automated washroom downtown • Elimination of manual Zone input • Its location is close to a bar allows for less error in zoning • Social demographics in the area have • Automated GPS location led to continued misuse of the washroom

LOW PHYSICAL EFFORT Emergency callbox at University of 28 Ave. S. at Parkbridge Estates Lethbridge • Inadequate Drainage, and low slope • Very distinct color and text • Entire sidewalk freeze over with ice in • To contact security there is a big red button melting season • Flashing light on the top of pole for reduced • This is in front of an elderly gated response time. community

SIZE AND SPACE FOR APPROACH AND USE Table at Galt Garden Entrance at Sport Chek • Wide wheelchair access allows good • When door is open, wheel chair access is turning radius limited forcing you into the street. • Cement pad allows for walking behind • Walkway is awkwardly sloped seating downwards from the door to the street • Approachable from all directions • Bollards reduce sidewalk area for all pedestrians.

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