Polara Engineering Inc.

State of the Art in Accessible Pedestrian Signals

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Polara Engineering is the leading manufacturer of accessible pedestrian products, such as accessible pedestrian signals and ADA compliant pedestrian push buttons. Our Navigator APS provides audible and vibro-tactile features for all pedestrian phases while our BullDog Push Button offers the ultimate in durability and state of the art electronic technology.

Polara is an organization dedicated to producing the highest quality products through stringent design, development, and production techniques. This equates to a high quality product that performs in the most demanding applications.

As we enter the 21st century, the issues of equal access to information and freedom of mobility for all people is at the forefront of everyone's needs and desires. In its quest to provide all pedestrians with equal access to information at signalized intersections, Polara Engineering offers the Navigator. The Navigator is a highly reliable, vandal resistant Accessible Pedestrian Signal (APS) that provides a vibro-tactile ADA compliant 2" push button with a raised directional arrow and audible sounds during all walk cycles.

Polara Engineering Inc., a leader for over 30 years in electronic product design and manufacturing, has developed the most advanced and most reliable pedestrian push button on the market today because a highly reliable, long life ADA style button was not available to use on our own line of Accessible Pedestrian Signals. Our market research found that cities were looking for a 2" style ADA compliant button that was not susceptible to moisture, had a much longer life than typical microswitches, and was not susceptible to vandalism. Polara's engineers set out to meet these requirements and in the process developed two lines of push buttons. Both use a solid state piezo switch that is protected against moisture, has a rated life in the tens of millions of activations (100 million minimum), is extremely reliable, and cannot be made to stick on (put in a constant call).

The BullDog is a pressure activated, virtually non-moving push button designed so that it cannot be jammed, cannot be super glued shut, and cannot be made to stick on. It is resistant to flame and ice, and it can withstand severe impacts from baseball bats, hockey sticks, skate boards and hammers. Because the button is non-moving, when pressed it provides both a two tone audible beep and visible momentary or latched LED light to notify the user the switch was activated. It only takes 1-3 lbs. of force to activate so small children, the elderly with arthritis, the physically impaired, and all pedestrians can easily activate it.