Parking lots are often overlooked when considering pedestrian safety, but they are busy areas with constant interaction between vehicles and pedestrians. This interaction can be hazardous, especially for individuals with visual impairments. Ensuring that these environments are safe and accessible for everyone is not just a legal requirement but a moral imperative. Detectable warning surfaces (DWSs) are worthwhile in achieving this goal, providing necessary cues to navigate these spaces safely.
At StrongGo, we aim to enhance urban accessibility with high-performance tactile warning surface indicators (TWSIs
In the realm of public safety, every detail matters. From bustling city sidewalks to expansive transportation hubs, ensuring the safety and accessibility of public spaces is incredibly important.
Urbanization is rising worldwide, with more people moving to cities than ever before. While this brings numerous opportunities and advantages, it also poses significant challenges.
Individuals with disabilities must navigate a world designed for people with vision and mobility, and one tool that helps to make the world more accessible is navigational bar tiles. These directional tile surfaces consist of raised bars that align with the direction of pedestrian travel. These navigational directional bar tiles help people to locate the entrance to light rails, trains, and bus stops.
A companion to detectable warning tiles, navigational and directional bar tiles serve an essential purpose of guiding individuals with disabilities in the flow of traffic.
Pedestrians with disabilities are particularly at risk when it comes to street safety. As the largest minority group in the United States at 20 percent of the population, people with disabilities are still under-served—especially when it comes to pedestrian safety.
Pedestrian fatalities have been on the rise since 2008, in fact, between 2007 and 2017, pedestrian fatalities increased by 35%, and more than a third of those fatalities occurred on local streets—not highways or state roads. And 2018 was projected to have the most deaths since 1990.
This fact is sobering, and it doesn’t have to be that way.
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