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Wayfinding techniques have been used to guide people through unfamiliar environments for decades. In layman definition, wayfinding is the communication of our dynamic relationship to space and environment; one of the most effective wayfinding clues to grasp the environment is lighting. Change in the light level is accompanied with changes in the visual function or what is called visual adaptation. There are difficulties that can face the visual adaptation process for elderly and/or people with visual disability and this visual adaptation can affect individuals’ safety and ability to find their way. Special attention should be given to providing convenient access to and through transitway stations for people; especially for those with special needs and/or visual disabilities. Consequently, this paper presents a framework to evaluate and enhance metro commuters’ visual adaptation in their passageway of entering and exiting Metro stations. The framework addresses both types of adaptation: dark adaptation and light adaptation and how they can affect the pedestrians/metro commuters’ experience. The proposed framework can be expanded to support many U.S. DOT’s livability initiatives and Accessible Transportation Technologies Research Initiative (ATTRI) program.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP045 Standing Committee on Intermodal Transfer Facilities.

01584066

16-5600

English

14p

2016

Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Lighting; Public transit; Subway stations; Visual perception; Wayfinding

Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; I73: Traffic Control

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2016 Paper #16-5600

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 12 2016 6:26PM