TACTILE PAVING

This tactile surface along the edge of a crosswalk warns pedestrians that they are about to enter the street.

A set of yellow truncated domes can be seen on the down-ramp in a parking lot

'Tactile paving' (also called ''truncated domes'') is a system of textured ground surface indicators found on many footpaths and train station platforms to assist blind and vision impared pedestrians.
The usage of tactile paving in man circumstances will be required in the Untied States as part of the Americans with Disabilities Act.[1] Adoption of truncated dome-mats has been controversial in some areas including Sacramento, CA.[2]

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★ External environments fact sheet

★ Tactile Paving Services. Manufacturers and installers of retro fixed tactile paving

★ http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/detwarn.htm

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