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15.11.10

AUDIBLE BUSES * USA - Can You Hear Your Bus Now?

A new audible warning system aimed at pedestrians

Washington,DC,USA -The Washington City Paper, by Michael E. Grass -11 Nov 2010:  -- Metrobus is testing out a new audible warning system aimed at pedestrians. People around town have been encountering buses with the bilingual warnings in English and Spanish. And already, there's a controversy brewing over whether they're too loud... The anti-Metro blog Unsuck DC Metro posted a recording earlier today of the X8 bus as it maneuvered around some corners at Stanton Park on Capitol Hill, blaring the warning "Pedestrians, bus is turning" ...  Metro, which is trying to rehabilitate its image finds itself in a tough position here: Where is the balance between safety and not adding to unwanted audio clutter?... Metro, which has been introducing quieter buses to its fleet, has encountered opposition to noisy buses before ... The initial reaction to the pilot project has been negative—the audible announcement are simply too loud—if you think Unsuck Metro DC's irritable commentarist is representative of the general public... Implementing these types of audible announcements makes sense on a number of levels, especially since it provides pedestrians with visual impairments a warning...  But there are quieter residential neighborhoods where many are bound to cry foul when they hear Metrobus' new audible warnings, especially late at night when such noise might carry farther...  (Photo from living-in-washingtondc: Metrobus local express)

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