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Must be a pain to have to figure out which way all the junctions go for the first time. Great that it continues indoors though!

Very strange. I actually felt a bit anxious watching the video, knowing you cannot see and navigating by touch, with a cane and by ear. When you got close to stairs going down and near the platform edge that feeling became stronger. Perhaps a similar feeling as a person somewhat afraid of heights, watching a video of a person working at height.

Why do you need to call them to use the lift? I guess it's because of vandals and other wrong people abusing it...

That street rings a bell from when I lived in Cork as a teenager. Thank you.

Thanks for posting this. It's vey well made and narrated. Personally I'm just reminiscing, but I learned 3 things about Cork that have changed that I didn't catch from a handful of videos I had watched recently; plus a few rare browses of Google maps and Street Views. I left Cork at aged 17 in early 1977. We went to that large church on the other side as a mildly Catholic family on a Sunday. I don't remember if it was called St. Mary's Dominican Church at the time; probably was. We only lived off Shandon Street nearby. Three things I had not noticed before but saw on Maps just now and trying to place where Lavitts Quay was: 2 new bridges! - though they've probably been there a while now. Shandon Bridge, a pedestrian one presumably; and Christy Ring bridge you mentioned. Wow! That was the second new thing, but then I saw that bridge leads to a whole new roadway the N20? that bypasses the Cathedral where my older sister married, and Blackpool where I first went to school (North Mon boy after that). We would drive through Blackpool to visit my aunt in Limerick. Sorry to reminisce on your channnel. I may edit this later. Living in London with health issues and injuries, speeding bicycles on pavements, one way streets or anywhere are a nightmare now and I'm always shouting at them. I hope they don't bother you as much, and it's a small blessing you may not tense up seeing a fast one coming towards you. I did a little training 15 years ago to volunteer as a driver for a blind trust in South London, but it took too long and fell through. Stay well. More please.

Very interesting Barry

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why no luggage racks at all???

Ive just realized the door chime is basically a copy of UKs modern trains (which im not too happy about, I like some old things preserved)

Great video!

Why isn’t this kind of announcement more common on the green line?

Thanks for the video, and for showing that the _Mehrwegsystemme_ is *finally* being introduced to countries outside of Germany! It surprises me though that there isn't a tactile button provided to indicate to the machine that you can't use the touchscreen, so audial/tactile prompts should be employed instead. I don't think that would be unreasonable at any rate. Mind you, I live in a country (Hint: Teapots and Telephone Boxes) that's several thousand years behind Germany, so I don't hold out any hope of Lidl introducing these at their UK stores any time soon...

Amazing video, really powerful to show people the benefit of these features and how they can benefit blind and visually impaired people. A small change that benefits so many and doesn't impact others too. <3

Interesting. The instruction next to the opening says "How to insert: Base first". You put it well on the second try, but nothing happened. I'm not sure why. I don't think touchscreen interaction is needed, because neither the screen was changing, but I might be wrong. Unfortunately the screen and the other texts on the right bottom side of the machine is not readable well on the video.

A shared space street is one of those ideas that sounds good in principle but completely ignores reality. Humans, in general, need clear expectations and clear rules to function efficiently. Therefore even the normally good drivers often perform poorly in shared spaces. In England, they often don't even have proper crossings. I've driven through streets before and wondered afterwards if if it was a shared space and if the piece of coloured road I drove over was supposed to be a crossing. I drove over because I didn't know it was a crossing (if it was) and that I was supposed to give way, whereas I always give way at a zebra crossing (unless of course someone gets to it at the last second where I'd have to slam on my brakes). Apparently pedestrians are supposed to have priority in shared spaces - in England anyway, but with no clear indication, how do I know that a space is a shared space and how do I know a pedestrian is wanting to cross? And there really should be kerbs with dropped kerbs - with tactile paving - for crossing the road, not just no kerb at all. If a driver makes a slight mistake with a normal kerb, they'll feel the car hit the kerb and correct their error - with shared space, it's so easy to mess up, especially for people who haven't been driving in the country for long. That's of course in addition to the increased risk of accidentally walking on the road. And that design in the video seems to be made by people intentionally wanting things to be difficult for visually impaired people - they would have put the tactile strip in, knowing what it was for, yet then shoved obstacles in the way and made it suddenly stop. Oh and the pole you mentioned at the 2:50 mark does indeed say shared space. The sign at about the 5:09 mark is a no left turn sign.

wow really cool to see this POV - i walk this street most mornings and i remember wondering what the guidance paving was. its great to see that most people are courteous and move from the paving when they realise they are blocking the path

Interesting, never thought about that before! Keep it up!

Hello Barry Just came across your videos via Google. Just wanted to say how useful they are as an engineer in understanding how some of these features are used. Thank you Can I ask - do you find the braille and tactile handrail signs useful?

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Interesting

thank you for illustrating the safety and the need for these floating bus stops. The 'whoa' reaction you made to the close passing bus proves the need, and the fact that it's entirely safe is just plain obvious. Having said that I would be totally ok with any additional safety measures like a bump before the crossing zone to encourage slowing, but not necessary.

I imagine the leaps of faith are particularly bothersome, obviously not safe but I think I'd be most annoyed that each one for a moment would rob me of my independence. I like shared spaces though with so much change in pedestrian scale design theres going to be lots of mistakes, hope you've got a responsive local authority.

This is fantastic stuff, really interesting to see your documentation on how you navigate the world. Helps me understand your perspective, thanks mate.

Why do they put the bus stop on an island between lanes? That makes no sense. And why not add a zebra crossing to give pedestrians the right of way when crossing over to the bus stop?

jaysus that bus was close

nice one barry

I didn’t know the green line had these announcements too. Imagine what it will be like when they extend the green line to Bray.

Still pulling right as always Barry 😂

Hope you're doing alright Barry. Good to see you still making content. All the best - Dave

It already had it at Connolly/The Point (Busáras)

Isn't it scary travelling all alone

It's amazing how well you navigate the city! As a seeing person I run into more lamp poles than you do ;).

Lads, thank you for getting this across at last 😊. I was waiting for someone to speak up about some motorists’ ignorance towards other people’s safety by parking on the footpaths. This had affected me everyday as I was trying to safely get home, minding my own business and some pricks decided to block my right of way by selfishly parking their cars on the footpath! I could have got killed by nearly getting run over and not one of them cared. And may I add that pathways are for pedestrians, NOT CARS!!!! Thanks for this, keep it going!

i like your videos, keep them coming :) i like to feel for the signals underneath, just to see if they work as sometimes they do not work tho. I have autism and can't cross with out the green man. sometimes i get shouted at by drivers who wave me over. I refuse to move till the green man shows.

That could have been baf

Dear Sir, I am a graduate student in Computer Engineering currently working on developing an environmental awareness tool able to detect obstacles. I was wondering if you would allow me to re-use this video for academic purposes. I would obviously credit you for the footage. Thank you for your consideration. Best regards, Sylvain

Super Barry, well done.

Well done Barry, really interesting video.

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