DUTCH TACTILE PAVING GUIDELINES Authors: Robert de Kloe Willem Jagersma

INTRODUCTION PBT CONSULT Characteristics of our company: Engineering office, on architecture and ergonomics in relation to accessibility for the elderly and disabled. - Consulting - Auditing - Development Position: PBTconsult is closely related to the CG Raad, the umbrella organization for the chronically ill and disabled in The Netherlands. Vision: Accessibility of the designed space, building or object is a basic QUALITY and not a charity.

HISTORY 1998: Announced that all public rail transport should be accessible for disabled in 2030 Dutch public transport authorities step by step started to implement new regulations Standards and objectives in the development of future accessible infrastructure and equipment. 2010: On request of the national rail infrastructure company ‘Prorail’, PBTconsult developed in close cooperation with the Dutch national organisation of the blind (Viziris) a standard for design and use of tactile guidelines to be used in stations, on platforms and in the public area.

PRESENT The Dutch tactile paving guidelines are widely accepted by local and national government administrations as well as by various commercial organisations They incorporate this existing standard on accessibility measurements in the public area for people with visual impairments Before 2030 all 425 railway stations (including 30 new stations) in the Netherlands will fully comply with this standard

WHERE & WHEN Public Transport: always, unless…, Public Space: never, unless……

PRIMARY PRINCIPLES OF TACTILE PAVING Exclusively used in safe areas, only intended for pedestrians To be used in two directions (no one-way traffic!) Runs parallel to, or coincides with provisions for other disabilities Discriminate sufficiently in colour and texture from the surrounding pavement Tactile guidelines are the simplest connection between two nodes (decision points) The route to and from any public transport vehicle to the surrounding environment is marked by a tactile guideline In public spaces, the use of natural guidance is preferred over tactile paving

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE NODES The lines between the nodes are only a connection

DECISION POINTS START / END End of the natural guideline, start of the guidence path (and vice versa) End of the guidence path with a warning surface

DECISION POINTS CORNERS Corner < 15° (no attention surface) Corner >15° (with an attention surface) Arc (radius > 10mtr.) Corner >15° (with an attention surface)

DECISION POINTS DIRECTIONS T-junction Schematic representation of a corner solution

DECISION POINTS STAIRS Stair, bottum: (just an attention surface) Stair, top: (an attention and warning surface) Stair, total view Schematic representation of a stair

DECISION POINTS ENTRENCE (BUS, TAXI, KISS & RIDE) Busstop Busstop (detail) Taxi, Kiss & RIde Schematic representation of a entrence surface

DECISION POINTS INFO / OBJECT SURFACE Ticket Information Schematic representation of an object surface

DECISION POINTS REVOLVING DOOR / ELEVATOR Revolving door Elevator door Schematic representation of a revolving door Schematic representation of a door

THE ANALOGY OF A TREE AND TACTILE PAVING GUIDELINES IN THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT AREA

CHECK IN/OUT Railway stations Check in/out pole Check in/out gate Schematic representation of a check in/out pole Schematic representation of a check in/out gate

MATERIALS Strips Warning sign bullets Tiles with stripes and warning bulits

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