DUTCH TACTILE PAVING GUIDELINES
Authors:
Robert de Kloe
Willem Jagersma
INTRODUCTION PBTCONSULT
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 POINTSSTART / END
End of the natural guideline, start of the guidence path (and vice versa)
End of the guidence path with a warning surface
DECISION POINTSCORNERS
Corner < 15° (no attention surface)
Corner >15° (with an attention surface)
Arc (radius > 10mtr.)Corner >15° (with an attention surface)
DECISION POINTSDIRECTIONS
T-junction
Schematic representation of a corner solution
DECISION POINTSSTAIRS
Stair, bottum: (just an attention surface)
Stair, top: (an attention and warning surface)
Stair, total view Schematic representation of a stair
DECISION POINTSENTRENCE (BUS, TAXI, KISS & RIDE)
Busstop Busstop (detail)
Taxi, Kiss & RIde Schematic representation of a entrence surface
DECISION POINTSINFO / OBJECT SURFACE
Ticket Information
Schematic representation of an object surface
DECISION POINTSREVOLVING 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/OUTRailway 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
Thank you for your attention
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