Do we have a tag for these 'ere things?
Wiki has traffic_signals:vibration=yes which is not a bad approximation: use that, or create a new tag?
I don’t think “vibration” is really the right term for these rotating cones, so I wouldn’t use traffic_signals:vibration.
There’s a wiki page for the more general traffic_signals:haptic but that key seems to only have one single use.
There’s a more specific traffic_signals:rotating_cone in use, but that’s only got about 3 uses in the UK, compared with over 13k for traffic_signals:vibration.
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I have been using that for several years although I assume it is derivable from the crossing type.
I must admit I gave up surveying as I never found a button operated crossing without them.
Interesting - I assumed not every crossing has them, but maybe they do.
If so, the question is moot.
I’m guessing that it is down to regional variations - in Yorkshire / Lancashire there are a few without them at all, and some more where the cone has been broken off. Most (a large majority) of the ones that I have noticed do have them.
Streetcomplete asks the question “Do these traffic lights have a tactile indication for blind people for when it’s safe to cross”
It then adds [traffic_signals:vibration]
It doesn’t ask for Vibration or Cone, which may explain why so many are set to vibration.
Can’t say I’ve seen anything other than a cone in Scotland
Edinburgh crossings do and don’t have cones depending on when the lights were last replaced.
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I haven’t seen anything other than a spinning cone anywhere in the UK.
No idea what would vibrate.
There are (naturally…) lots of different types in the US, depending on the specific model of APS. I usually see the term “vibrotactile” [1] used. Typically, the tactile arrow (which, again, is located on different parts of the APS depending on the manufacturer) is what vibrates, though not always - the very bottom of the pushbutton-integrated signal unit is also often used.
[1] Accessible Pedestrian Signals: WALK indication (Vibrotactile WALK indication section at the bottom of the page)