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The nearside Puffin crossing display can be obscured by crowds. The reason they are mounted low is cost: the same unit can be used for command and display. Th
by dingaling 8y ago
The nearside Puffin crossing display can be obscured by crowds. The reason they are mounted low is cost: the same unit can be used for command and display.
They therefore require looking down, whereas farside displays keep the head lifted which makes it easier to transition to looking at the road. In all directions. Which is why nearside displays aren't used at junctions.
Puffin crossings are an excellent example of a system being redesigned to reduce cost and then having bogus UX 'justifications' pasted over it.
- tialaramex 8y agoHow are two mechanically separate components "the same unit" exactly ? The Puffin displays are replicable, which is how Pegasus crossings work (a person on a horse obviously can't reach down to the level of a pedestrian button, the crossing is functionally similar to a Puffin but adds a picture of a horse & rider, and is replicated higher up the pole)