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Cream-colored report cover titled "Construction of Portable Intersection for the Street Crossing Training of Mentally Handicapped Students" with an isometric diagram of a mock indoor street corner.

Date: 1979

Image Description: The cream-colored front cover of a March 1981 instructional booklet titled “CONSTRUCTION OF PORTABLE INTERSECTION FOR THE STREET CROSSING TRAINING OF MENTALLY HANDICAPPED STUDENTS.” Below the bold uppercase heading is an isometric illustration of an indoor room setup featuring modular sidewalk platforms, building facade panels, a traffic signal, a “ONE WAY” street sign, a “BUS STOP” sign, a small training car driven by a student, and an instructor guiding two students at the mock curb. The bottom of the cover notes “MARCH 1981 / NYC DOT CONTRACT NO. 77-21” on the left and displays a circular “TTRC” (Travel Training Research Center) logo on the right.

Creator: Travel Training Research Center (TTRC); NYC Department of Transportation

Source: Peggy Groce Collection

Cream-colored report cover titled "Construction of Portable Intersection for the Street Crossing Training of Mentally Handicapped Students" with an isometric diagram of a mock indoor street corner.

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