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A
B
In
my
position,
I
do
a
variety
of
different
things:
oftentimes
I'm
working
with
other
departments
to
coordinate
their
work
within
the
city,
which
is
part
of
the
reason
why
I'm
here
today,
I
also
respond
to
things
like
City
Council
referrals
when
they
have
questions
about
particular
topics
that
they
want.
Some
more
information
about,
and
things
of
that
nature
and.
B
So
this
is
one
of
the
newer
style
of
pedestrian
push-button
controls
that
we
have
that
were
working
on
installing
throughout
the
community
at
different
intersections
throughout
Ames.
So
we
have
72
signalized
intersections
in
the
community
and
this
particular
style
of
push
button
is
going
to
become
our
new
standard
for
pedestrian
controls.
So
it
includes
some
features
that
weren't
present
on
a
lot
of
the
controls
that
we
have
existing.
B
So
this
particular
style
of
control
actually
provides
you
with
some
feedback,
more
information
about
the
intersection
that
you're
crossing,
so
it
first
off
the
push
button
actually
on
the
face
of
it,
has
a
raised
arrow.
So
an
individual
whose
sight
impaired
can
feel
the
arrow
and
understand
which
direction
they're
actually
going
to
be
headed.
When
you
push
the
button,
it
beeps
back
at
you,
so
that
it
acknowledges
that
you've
pushed
the
button.
B
So
it
gives
you
a
lot
more
information
about
how
you
can
safely
cross
the
intersection,
and
then
one
really
cool
feature
about
it,
too,
is
that
if
you
are
having
to
be
in
the
middle
of
the
intersection
and
an
emergency
vehicle
is
approaching,
it
will
tell
you
that
the
emergency
vehicle
is
coming
with
its
lights
and
sirens
on,
and
it
will
tell
you
to
leave
the
intersection
as
soon
as
you
can
to
get
clear
of
of
the
emergency
vehicle
approaching.
So.
A
B
B
Right
so
this
particular
style
of
push
button
is
a
lot
more
accessible,
particularly
to
individuals
who
are
sight
impaired,
but
it
also
has
some
features,
just
that
are
helpful
to
any
user.
One
of
the
requirements
that
we
have
now
is
that
we
have
to
install
these
with
the
arrow
aligned
with
the
direction
that
the
crosswalk
is.
So
you
may
see
these
instead
of
being
put
on
the
traffic
signal
pole
being
put
on
their
own
independent
pedestal
next
to
the
crosswalk
and
that
helps
a
sight.
B
Impaired
user
know
that
that's
the
direction
they
need
to
cross
the
crosswalk
in,
but
it
also
is
more
helpful
to
people
who,
let's
say,
are
pushing
strollers
or
have
a
lot
of
bags
or
things
like
that.
Then
they're
trying
to
cross
the
street.
They
don't
have
to
walk
several
feet
away,
push
a
button
and
then
walk
back
to
the
crosswalk.
They
can
just
push
the
button
and
go
when
the
when
the
light
changes
so.
A
B
A
B
We
have
just
about
a
dozen
intersections
that,
if
already
have
this
this
style
of
push
button
control
installed,
we
are
working
as
we
replace
intersection
infrastructure.
So
when
we
replace
the
the
traffic
signal
at
all
four
corners
of
the
intersection,
we
will
go
ahead
and
install
this
as
part
of
that
project.
We
typically
do
one
or
maybe
two
of
those
per
year,
those
full
reconstructions
of
an
intersection.
So
this
year,
Stang
road
and
13th
Street
was
the
big
complete
reconstruction.
B
But
again
we'll
do
will
we
will
replace
those
intersections
as
they
age
the
older
ones
tend
to
be
the
ones
that
we're
going
after
to
make
sure
that
they
are
still
functioning
appropriately
and
that
the
wiring
and
all
the
features
of
it
are
brought
up
to
standards.
So
we'll
replace
these
with
those
projects.
And
then
we
have
some
money
set
aside
in
what's
called
our
accessibility
enhancement
program
and
that
program
provides
funding
each
year
for
the
next
five
years,
which
is
the
extent
of
our
planning
horizon
to
retrofit.
B
B
So
the
accessibility
enhancement
program
is
is
just
basically
the
way
that
we
convert
our
plan
into
a
into
action.
So
we've
identified
that
we're
going
to
have
this
150
thousand
dollars
each
year
and
we
are
asking
for
public
input
to
help
prioritize
where
we
should
retrofit
these
particular
signals.
B
So
we
want
to
know:
are
there
particular
intersections
that
people
use
more
frequently
that
they
feel
like
more
accessible
pedestrian
push?
Button
control
would
be
more
useful
to
be
installed
immediately,
so
we
anticipate
that
we
can
do
a
couple
of
these
per
year,
depending
on
the
cost
of
making
the
improvement
and
designing
the
the
different
features
of
the
intersection.
B
So
we
anticipate
you
know
somewhere
in
the
neighborhood
of
three
to
four
of
these
per
year.
That
will
be
able
to
do
in
a
retrofit
manner,
and
we
just
want
to
know
where
the,
where
the
the
areas
that
we
want
to
get
done.
First,
ideally
at
some
point
in
the
future,
we
will
have
all
of
our
intersections
complete,
but
we
know
that
there
are
probably
some
areas
of
the
community.
There
are
more
frequently
used
by
pedestrians
and
that
may
benefit
from
being
retrofitted
earlier
so.
B
We
have
a
survey
available
it's
online
at
the
city's
website.
If
you
go
to
city
of
Ames,
org,
slash
pedestrians,
there's
instructions
for
the
survey
you
can
fill
that
out
until
the
end
of
august
and
that
will
automatically
provide
us
with
updated
feedback
and
we're
going
to
go
through
those
results
and
figure
out.
Where
are
the
really
hot
spots
that
we
need
to
work
on
installing
these,
these
new
push-button
controls
sooner
oh
great,.
A
A
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