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Citizen complaint of the day: Too many chirps in front of Center Plaza

A concerned citizen complains about the pedestrian crossing where Cambridge Street turns into Tremont downtown:

The walk signal here is chirping birds. The problem is that there are nests of real birds above the Center3Plaza signage. A walker can't differentiate between the chirping signal and the real birds. Someone's gonna get killed here.

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It would seem like something that should. Yet I have heard different sounds in different places. Some include a voice direction. If anything needs a universal sound, you would think it would be this.

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That they're different to make it easier to distinguish different intersections.

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For years I have argued that the sound of a screech monkey would be much more appropriate, and more difficult to confuse with local wildlife.

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LOL I just spit my milk out

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No matter what they used, the local Mockingbirds would copy it. Screaming Howler Monkey Mockingbird? You bet.

As for potential confusion, I'd defer to a blind person who has to deal with it to decide if it is a problem and suggest changes.

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How do you know the person submitting the complaint wasn't blind?

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Then who would the commenter know about the birds nest in the "Center3Plaza" sign?

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Sound? Working in the area? Friends? How do you know about things you haven't seen yourself?

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Except that they would likely have mentioned that and stated that it is an actual problem, rather than theorize about potential problems.

In any case, you would need to consult a blind person to actually solve the problem because their relationship to sound in their environment is not the same as that of most sighted people.

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Some walk lights have tactile signals. I don't know if they all do.

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Really? Where is an example, and how does it work?

The only ones I've seen are in Australia, where they've standardized on a pushbutton design where the button makes a pulse you can feel as it beeps.

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