SINGAPORE: More pedestrian crossings will have the
Green Man Plus feature by the first quarter of next
year.
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has begun work to
install card readers at 235 pedestrian crossings in 13 housing
estates.
In 2011, LTA said that the Green Man Plus scheme
will be extended to another 500 pedestrian crossings. Another 265
will be completed by 2014.
At pedestrian crossings fitted with the Green Man Plus card
readers, senior citizens and pedestrians with disabilities can tap
their senior citizen concession cards or the Green Man Plus Cards
and have more green man time to cross the road.
The additional time will range from three to 12 seconds depending
on the size of the crossing.
On average, most of the selected pedestrian crossings will have
five seconds more green man time.
Pedestrian crossings with the Green Man Plus feature will be
prominently marked.
When pedestrians with disabilities tap the Green Man Plus Card, the
new card readers will also produce a sound and vibration alert to
notify the user that the green man time will be extended for the
next cycle.
Members of the following five Voluntary Welfare Organisations
(VWOs) can obtain their new Green Man + cards from their respective
organisations: Handicaps Welfare Association (HWA), Singapore
Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH), Society of Moral
Charities (SOMC), Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD) and
Spastic Children's Association of Singapore (SCAS).
The new Green Man Plus cards will also be made available to the
Centre for Enabled Living (CEL) for distribution to other
interested VWOs.
- CNA/fa