50 Million

Trips each day

10 billion

Trips per year

87% of trips

Impact the economy directly

14 Million

Americans are visually impaired

Mass Transit is a growing industry

The Challenges Facing Mass Transit for Detectable Warning Tiles: Maintaining Compliance, Safety, & Functionality

These are the main challenges facing all detectable warning tiles. However, for mass transit, meeting these challenges faces obstacles to a degree that is unique to the industry. Maintaining compliance and functionality will avoid logistical complications for the Engineer/Architect/Contractor, as well as liability issues.

Selecting the right TACTILE WARNING SURFACE INDICATORS

To address today’s demands as well as future Mass Transit projects, designers must select detectable warning tiles that will withstand the continuous high volume of pedestrian traffic, vehicle vibrations, as well as mobility devices and other machinery at the platform edge.

TekWay has a full line of detectable warning products for Mass Transit applications such as domes, pre-warning tiles, and direction and navigational bars.

Bull-Nose Tiles

Rounded Platform Edge Tiles

TekWay manufactures detectable warning surfaces for both platform edge and recessed designs. Both the straight edge tile and the popular bull-nose edge are available in staggered and in-line patterns.

Designed for platform edge installations, the bull-nose tile minimizes the impact of chipping and breakage caused by heavy-wheeled carts and mobility devices. The rounded edge provides and enhances a secure ledge from the platform to the public transportation vehicle.

Available Colors (Call for Custom):
Federal Colors, Natural Colors
Standard Sizes (Call for Custom):
12” x 12”
24” x 24”
24” x 30”
24” x 36”
30” x 36”
24” x 48”

Recessed Straight Tiles

Platform Edge Tiles

Commonly used at bus and streetcar stops, straight edge tiles make the transition from street to sidewalk much more fluid. The Detectable Warning Surface tiles are installed in the sidewalk behind the curb line and will extend to the length of the boarding area of the bus or streetcar.

Available Colors (Call for Custom):
Federal Colors, Natural Colors
Standard Sizes (Call for Custom):
12” x 12”
24” x 24”
24” x 30”
24” x 36”
30” x 36”
24” x 48”

Tactile Pre-Warning Strips

Thin black strips before platform tiles

The purpose of the tactile pre-warning strips is to create a color contrast between the detectable warning tile and the surrounding platform surface. Placed purposefully before the warning dome, paved strips signal to pedestrians to use caution when approaching the platform.

The pre-warning tiles are generally black in color, come in various dimensions, and provide the same slip resistance value as the tactile domes.

Available Colors (Call for Custom):
Black
Standard Sizes (Call for Custom):
8” x 12”
8” x 24”
8” x 36”

Tactile Direction Indicators

for Mass Transit Platforms

A surface comprised of raised, parallel, flat-topped, elongated bars indicating an unobstructed path of travel where there are no natural guidelines, specifically for Mass Transit Platforms. When pedestrians who are blind or who have low vision encounter a strip of TDI (raised bars), they should understand that this is a surface they can follow to an intermediate or final destination. They can choose to cross it or to follow it on either side. The TDI does not imply that there is any danger. Small areas of TDI may indicate a transit stop, or where the transit door will open.

Available Colors (Call for Custom):
Federal Yellow
Standard Sizes (Call for Custom):
12” x 12”
24” x 24”
24” x 30”
24” x 36”
30” x 36”
24” x 48”

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Sidewalks & Curb Ramp ADA Systems

Durable and reliable over the lifetime of the project, our sidewalk and curb ramp systems can be manufactured to achieve the specific needs of your walkways while achieving a greater accessible city.

Mass Transit ADA Systems

Bus, rail, and streetcar platforms are all unique unto themselves. To safeguard the wide range of transportation environments, we make a full line of straight or bull-nose dome tiles, pre-warning strips, and Tactile Direction Indicators and Navigational tiles.

True Radius ADA Systems & Architectural Series

We can create any specialty tile. Our Architectural Series works within the guidelines of local municipalities and ADA requirements to give you everything from True Radius Tiles to Brick Patterns--all with a range of Federal & Natural colors, and all ADA compliant.

Tactile Warning Delineators (TWDs)

The boundary between cyclists and pedestrians becomes more clear with delineator tiles. Tactile Warning Delineators (TWDs) provide a detectable change in slope on pedestrian access routes, indicating to people that they are transitioning from one space to another.

ADA Surface Applied Metal for Existing Infrastructure

Not all Tactile Warning Systems can be installed using Wet-Set; sometimes, they need to be Surface-Applied or thin-set. Our ADA Surface Applied Metal Tiles were designed for this; giving you the durability and quality of TekWay with the convenience of Surface Applied tiles.

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