SINGAPORE: The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will progressively roll out new “touchless push buttons” at four pedestrian crossings, as part of a trial to assess to use of contactless sensors.
Instead of pushing a button to activate the green man, pedestrians at these crossings will only have to wave. These microwave-based sensors will then activate the green man.
The trial will take place over the next six months, said LTA in a Facebook post on Thursday (Aug 10).
The locations are: Serangoon Road near the Kallang Park Connector, Fernvale Lane near Fernvale Primary School, Bukit Batok Street 31 near Dazhong Primary School and Circuit Road near the hawker centre.
LTA’s social media post was accompanied by a 14-second video showing how the sensor works.