EMERGENCY SKYPE MEETING

GRUPPE FLUOZ: area of focus, problem statement, factors to address

Main Area of Focus:Informing pedestrians
Problem Statement:Because of inadequate signaling information and natural impatience, pedestrians put themselves in danger when crossing the street, waiting to cross the street, and during situations of partial right of way.


Our design solution will provide pedestrians with the appropriate information needed to navigate an urban intersection. We will be working with the current set of symbols and the current architecture of the intersection. Because the pedestrian is better informed in his revived visual environment, he or she may make safety-based judgements. He knows how long he has to wait on the curb before crossing, how long he has to cross, and that he might be sharing the crosswalk with turning cars.

Factors our solution will address:
1. More accurate and quantifiable visual time elapse
-numbers
-graphic representation
-color relevance
2. Partial right of way alert
-strobe
-blink
-symbol
3. Communication with other parts of the system via sensors
-how does the light know there is partial right of way?
-stay with light schedule but still inform
-how do these sensors communicate with hiro/oz/marina/valeria/tobi's group's windshield?

So guys, we have taken everything we've been talking about for the past month and put it into solid written form. This is our template for the rest of the project. Now we need everyone to really focus because we only have TWO MORE WEEKS to FINALIZE this concept. Beginning the week of DECEMBER 1, we must concentrate on fine tuning and presentation. SO, how shall we divide and CONQUER? A SKYPE session is DEFINITELY in order--BEFORE Thursday.

Would sometime between 12pm and 2:30pm on Wednesday November 12 be good for everybody?

Let us know ASAP.

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