APPENDIX 15 : Categorization of Street Crossing Differences

Question: “Think about the street crossings we just made.  What was different from your regular method when using TS?”

Category

146 responses

Confirms walk signal

Don't have to listen & wait for cycle

Confirms walk signal

Don't have to listen to traffic

Confirms walk signal

Don't have to pause

Confirms walk signal

Easier to cross

Confirms walk signal

Faster to cross

Confirms walk signal

Gives a positive walk sign

Confirms walk signal

Got info on walk signs

Confirms walk signal

Great for weird intersections

Confirms walk signal

Helped me know where to go

Confirms walk signal

Info on signal

Confirms walk signal

Knew 100% I was crossing safe

Confirms walk signal

Knew initial start time

Confirms walk signal

Knew when not to go

Confirms walk signal

Knew when to safely walk

Confirms walk signal

Knew when to stop and go

Confirms walk signal

Knew when to walk

Confirms walk signal

Knew when to walk

Confirms walk signal

Know walk signal immediately

Confirms walk signal

Know when light says to go

Confirms walk signal

Know when to start

Confirms walk signal

Know when to walk

Confirms walk signal

Know when to walk

Confirms walk signal

Know when to walk

Confirms walk signal

Know when walk signal is on

Confirms walk signal

Knowing when to go is great help

Confirms walk signal

More safe to cross

Confirms walk signal

Not distracted crossing street

Confirms walk signal

Safer to cross

Confirms walk signal

Tells when to go or wait

Confirms walk signal

Tells you when to walk safely

Confirms walk signal

Told me when safe to go

Confirms walk signal

Told me when walk signal is lit

Confirms walk signal

Wait signal was good validation of regular technique

Confirms walk signal

Walk signal

Confirms walk signal

With regular method couldn't hear traffic

Confirms crosswalk alignment

Able to align myself

Confirms crosswalk alignment

Can align self across street

Confirms crosswalk alignment

Center & align crosswalk

Confirms crosswalk alignment

Could find location of crosswalk

Confirms crosswalk alignment

Could locate center of crosswalk

Confirms crosswalk alignment

Didn't veer

Confirms crosswalk alignment

Duration of walk signal

Confirms crosswalk alignment

Extra tool for alignment

Confirms crosswalk alignment

Follow beam when walk sign comes on

Confirms crosswalk alignment

Gives direction across street

Confirms crosswalk alignment

Gives guide beam across crosswalk

Confirms crosswalk alignment

Keep aligned for crossing

Confirms crosswalk alignment

Knew which direction to cross

Confirms crosswalk alignment

Likes beam for path to cross

Confirms crosswalk alignment

Tells where to go

Confirms crosswalk alignment

Walk direct

Confirms direction

Cardinal direction

Confirms direction

Direction

Confirms direction

Direction I'm facing

Confirms direction

Gave direction I was walking

Confirms direction

Gave orientation & cardinal direction

Confirms direction

Gives cardinal direction

Confirms direction

Gives direction

Confirms direction

Gives direction

Confirms direction

Gives direction

Confirms direction

Gives direction

Confirms direction

Gives directional info

Confirms direction

Gives info on direction

Confirms direction

Knew direction

Confirms direction

Knew direction I'm walking

Confirms direction

Knew which direction

Confirms direction

Know direction

Confirms direction

Know which direction

Confirms presence of push buttons

Crosswalk button

Confirms presence of push buttons

Easy to find push button

Confirms presence of push buttons

ID push button

Confirms presence of push buttons

Knew if push button

Confirms presence of push buttons

Knew there was a button

Confirms presence of push buttons

Know there is a push button

Confirms presence of push buttons

Saves search time for button

Confirms presence of push buttons

Didn't have to search

Gives more independence

Didn't have to ask

Gives more independence

Don't have to ask

Gives more independence

Don't have to ask

Gives more independence

No ask

Gives more independence

Didn't have to assume they spoke English

Gives more independence

More assurance

Gives more independence

More confident

Gives more independence

More independent

Gives more independence

Wouldn't have to wait for passers-by to ask

Identifies Block Number

100's #

Identifies Block Number

Block #

Identifies Block Number

Block #

Identifies Block Number

Block #

Identifies Block Number

Block #

Identifies Block Number

Gave me block #

Identifies Block Number

Knew block #

Identifies Block Number

Knew block #

Identifies Block Number

Know block #

Identifies Block Number

Mow which block #

Identifies Block Number

Would not have known the block #

Identifies intersection & lanes

TS helped me understand traffic flow & change

Identifies intersection & lanes

# of lanes

Identifies intersection & lanes

Knew # of lanes

Identifies intersection & lanes

Knew to only cross 2 lanes for muni

Identifies intersection & lanes

Signs gave info on intersection type

Identifies street names

Knew names of streets

Identifies street names

Knew street names

Identifies street names

Gives me street name

Identifies street names

Know what street you're crossing

Identifies street names

Name of street

Identifies street names

Name of street

Identifies street names

Street I am at

Identifies street names

Street names

Identifies street names

Street names

Identifies street names

Street names

Identifies street names

Street names

Identifies street names

Tells street info

Identifies street names

Was able to know street names

Increased spatial orientation

Faster to find corner

Increased spatial orientation

Gave me info without learning

Increased spatial orientation

Gives additional info

Increased spatial orientation

Gives info I didn't have

Increased spatial orientation

Got positive ID

Increased spatial orientation

Knew points of interest and destination

Increased spatial orientation

Learned details

Increased spatial orientation

Location of places you wouldn't visually know

Increased spatial orientation

What was across street

Increased spatial orientation

What's across street

Increased spatial orientation

What's around

Increased spatial orientation

Can fill in visual map in my mind

Increased spatial orientation

Can listen to message & learn spatial information

Increased spatial orientation

Confirms where you are

Increased spatial orientation

Gives location info

Increased spatial orientation

Helps orient faster

Increased spatial orientation

Knew exactly where I was

Increased spatial orientation

Know what is around you

Increased spatial orientation

Orient easier

Increased spatial orientation

Tells me where I am

Increased spatial orientation

More information

Increased spatial orientation

Timely info

General efficiency

Can concentrate on message instead of traffic noise

General efficiency

(Don't have to) count

General efficiency

Didn't have to deduce

General efficiency

More safe

General efficiency

More secure

General efficiency

Much faster

General efficiency

Much safer

General efficiency

(Don't have to) remember

General efficiency

Safer

General efficiency

Incredible difference

 

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