Document summary
This research was carried out for RSSB by TRL and follows the literature review already undertaken to investigate the type and location of tactile surfaces at stations. The final report of the project contains the original literature review as appendix A. The research addressed issues such as: the differences in current standards for various public places; preferences and recommendations of stakeholder groups; possible inconsistencies in approach that need to be resolved; whether current guidance for tactile surfaces is logical and consistent or makes it overly difficult or expensive to add tactile surfaces to existing areas. It also looked at whether alternative approaches are feasible; whether existing tactile surfaces create additional safety risk; whether any such risk is greater than the risks tactile surfaces are designed to mitigate; and what mitigations are practicable. This research concluded that the benefits to vision impaired people by the provision of tactile surfaces at stations outweighed any additional risk to passengers from slips, trips or falls.
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