Stories / Pedestrian Crosswalk Boxes

The new generation of durable crosswalk buttons designed for safe crossings

Customer: PedSafety

“We at PedSafety, manufactures push-to-cross buttons that play a vital role in permitting children and the disabled to cross the road safely, view Barantech as one of our most trusted suppliers.”

Challenge

The company faced real problems overcoming the problem of vandalization of buttons at pedestrian crossings. These malicious attacks increased the repair and replacement costs for municipalities and wreaked havoc with road traffic if buttons stick in ON condition.

Solution

Barantech supplied a custom miniaturized piezo touch metal switch to nestle securely at the core of the 2-inch stainless steel activation cap of the PedSafety 4 EVR crosswalk button. The solid-state construction of these switches – that are easy to activate by young people, seniors and disabled persons, and impervious to rain, sleet, condensation – were developed to offer the highest level of vandal resistance in the market.