« July 2026

Please find below the notes from our June 2026 meeting, and feel free to share them with other interested people and parties.

Our next meeting is August 14, 2026 at Seniors Plus in Lewiston.

In attendance

Joe
Julie
Pat
Annette
Brian
Roger and Bella
Nikki
Sylvia
Lee Barry from Seniors Plus who helps Sylvia

Adria - Lewiston Office O&M intern

Kim - O&M from Portland

We spoke about the work being done by Nick Giudice on making intersections for pedestrians more accomodating.

Nick Giudice - PhD from Orono.  His email address is Vemilab@maine.edu

Virtual enviroments and mult-modal Interactions

Nick is working to make intersections more understandable from the point of view of blind people.

They brought foam boards for us to examine and name intersections to develop a common language around intersections.\

We spoke about the meaning of blindness. They use the words “low vision” and “no useable sight.”

We also spoke about driving cars with vision assistance.

We identified the most difficult intersections to cross.

1. Roundabout
2. Five way
3. X - because the legs don’t line up
4. Off set
5. T is the easiest

Kim will forward the results to Nick as he works to develop a common language around intersections. 

We thought it would be good to have Kim return to finish the conversation and explore services for the group.