Designing Traffic Lights & Crossings for People with LED TGSI
The Vivacity LED Safety Tactile fundamentally rethinks how visual information is provided to pedestrians at traffic signals and pedestrian crossings for roads, tramlines and train tracks. It is a Tactile Ground Surface Indictor (TGSI) that incorporates LED lights that can be connected to traffic lights….
5 Shovel-Ready Projects for Stimulus Packages
Post COVID-19 economic stimulus will come from local, state and the Australian Governments and major businesses spending to accelerate the delivery of maintenance and projects. Compared to complex mega-projects, shovel-ready small and medium size projects delivered across a large area will ensure that projects are…
Strong Support for LED Safety Tactiles
There’s strong community support for SmarterLite’s Vivacity LED Safety Tactiles. The Tactiles were installed on Swanston Street in Melbourne, with funding from Victoria’s Transport Accident Commission (TAC). The project was managed by VicRoads (now Department of Transport) on their behalf. In addition to a survey…
Report finds LED Safety Tactiles make people feel safer
SmarterLite’s Vivacity LED Safety Tactile are making a real difference to how safe people feel walking in the City of Melbourne, Australia, according to a new market research report. Market research found that 68% of survey respondents felt that the LED lights in the footpath…
Vivacity LED Tactiles installed on Swanston Street in Melbourne
7News featured the installation of LED safety lights in the footpath at the intersection of Swanston Street and Little Collins Street in central Melbourne. The story informed the community about the installation of the first set of LED Safety Tactile Ground Surface Indicators (TGSI) in…