Project
A_PIED - Help pedestrians to move in urban areas
Funding origin:
France
Funding sources:
French Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Sea - Direction of Research and Innovation (MEEDDM-DRI)
STRIA Roadmaps:
Smart mobility and services (SMO)
Project website:
Duration:
Start date: 01/10/2012,
End date: 01/10/2015
Status: Finished
Funding details:
Overview
Background & policy context:
Pedestrians are among the users of the road more vulnerable to fatal accidents. If pedestrians are vulnerable road users, elderly are even more exposed as their perceptual, cognitive and physical capabilities are lower to those of young people, and so more willing to be involved in a traffic accident.
Improving the safety of pedestrian paths can be considered by infrastructure changes. However, they remain very expensive and time-consuming. A less expensive and faster way would be to provide pedestrians with an effective and appropriate technical assistance.
Objectives:
In this context, the A_PIED project had two primary objectives:
- analyse the needs of older pedestrian multisensory interfaces help to the street crossing and the urban orientation, and the acceptability of these interfaces;
- test an innovative and original technological solution, based on a range vibrotactile interface wrist, to help pedestrians to issue safe street crossing decisions and better orientation in cities, especially in areas of trade and interconnection.
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