The wash basin should have a lever operated mixer tap on the side closest to the WC. Placing should allow passengers to stand directly in front of the panel without impeding the main circulation flow. In a corner WC layout, the WC centre line should be 500mm from the side wall on which the wash basin is fixed. Colour: no specific recommendations are made for the colours of the surfaces other than the requirement that the centre delineator be white. The height of the arrows should be at least 40mm. a swift response. Rubber backed mats, placed on top of the existing floor finish can ruck and present a trip hazard, and should not be used. Handrails should be provided on each side, with a minimum clear width rail to rail of 1000mm. The width of unobstructed footway should be sufficient to allow the deployment of wheelchair ramps (up to 1620mm ) and adequate manoeuvring space for the wheelchair user. Having staff available who can help disabled people, who find using ticket machines difficult or even impossible, would be of benefit, but where this is not possible the. Recent research done for the preparation of the new Code of Practice (BS 8300) gives figures for comfortable and extended reach ranges. It is also recommended that a 5 second notification time should be given that the lift is answering a landing call. As a general rule it is suggested that the letter height should be at least 1% of the distance at which the message will usually be read, subject to a minimum height of 22mm. Layout: the surface should be laid immediately behind the platform edge coping stone, no closer than 500mm from the edge and for the full length of the platform including any approach ramps. A raised bus boarding area assists passengers boarding / leaving the vehicle and may enable some wheelchair users to board directly without using a ramp. Senior managers need to understand the implications of the DDA on policy and procedures, planning, investment and strategy to ensure: investment helps meet the requirements of the DDA, the guidance and standards set out in this document are built into routine maintenance and construction projects to avoid making mistakes that may be expensive to rectify and to help ensure compliance with the DDA, all policies, practices and procedures at every location used by the public comply with the DDA. Level or flush access is essential for the majority of wheelchair users. The increasing numbers of scooters used in the outside environment also argue for using larger dimensions wherever possible than those given in the table. There are also rules for direct fire escapes and disabled access which are detailed in UK Building Regulations Part M, we recommend this matter be discussed with a building control officer. The accessible route shall, to the maximum extent feasible, coincide with the route for the general public. The American guidelines use the concept of an accessible route; their regulations state that: At least one accessible route within the boundary of the site shall be provided from public transportation stops, accessible parking, and accessible passenger loading zones and public streets or sidewalks to the accessible building they serve. The maximum gradient for a travelator should be 5 per cent (1 in 20). A wheelchair user and an ambulant person side-by-side need 1500mm width. Type of surface: this does not have a raised profile but is made of a material that is slightly softer underfoot than conventional paving materials, for example neoprene rubber or similar elastomeric compound. In this context it should be remembered that pedestrians take time to come to a halt. Dimensions of an accessible toilet. Application: at the top and bottom of steps, at the foot of a ramp to an on-street Light Rapid Transit (LRT) platform (but not other ramps), a level crossing, where people could walk inadvertently onto a platform at a railway station and where a footway joins a shared route (cycle/pedestrian). However, it would be unrealistic to expect that lifts will always be provided so, in spite of their drawbacks, lengthy ramps are likely. A further alternative is an angled boarder: wedge shaped from up to 2000mm into the carriageway and tapering back to the original kerb line over the length of the bus stop cage. In off-street parks, bays should be marked with yellow lines and a yellow wheelchair symbol within the parking space. In residential areas bus stops should be located ideally so that nobody in the neighbourhood is required to walk more than 400 metres from their home. An audible warning at the beginning and just before the end of the escalator is essential for visually impaired people. One unit should be lower to allow wheelchair access. A slightly steeper gradient of 1 in 10 is acceptable over very short distances, for example a ramp covering a distance of 600mm. Such a kerb may be used as a tapping rail by long cane users; for this purpose the bottom edge of the board should be not more than 200mm above ground level and should have a depth of 150mm. A yellow or light green on black display is preferred to red on black as it is easier to read. Where it is possible to fit them, walk through lifts (ie with doors on opposite sides) are preferable to single door lifts. It should be borne in mind that escalators are difficult for some ambulant disabled people to use and cannot be used at all by people in wheelchairs or with assistance dogs. Characters, whether letters or pictograms, should be embossed, not engraved, and should be raised from the surface of the sign by between 1mm and 1.5mm. Generally there is more space available in the built environment, and the guidelines in this report recognize that fact. A service counter should be provided to meet their requirements, with a height of 760mm. This design is similar to the shallow saw tooth layout used in some bus stations. The buttons should contrast with their surrounding area, either by internal illumination or colour contrast on or around the button. Timetable information should be provided at as many bus stops as is feasible. All figures are included in the table and the accompanying text. New cobbled surfaces are unlikely to be appropriate and, even in historic environments, alternatives should be sought. The travelator must be well lit, particularly at its entrance and exit. It is also essential that the maximum acceptable height of vehicle is shown on the approach to the car park. The clearance between a bus stop pole and the kerb edge should be 600mm (500mm minimum). Electronic characters: can be formed by segments or dots. BS 8300 states that a ramped approach should have the lowest practical gradient and should be within the limits shown in the table below. A single step at the entrance to a building or a kerb without a ramp in the road outside can make the most carefully designed terminal inaccessible to some disabled people. The surface should be laid to a depth of 400mm. With side opening doors, it should be on the closing side. There should be a clear view from one end to the other and a good level of lighting, at least 50 lux. In general, shared use facilities should be regarded as a last resort; every effort should be made to keep cyclists and pedestrians fully separated. The top of the handrail is shown as 34 - 38 inches (865 mm - 965 mm) above the ramp and landings (applies to all handrails on accessible ramps). Similarly, visually impaired people need a good level of lighting in transport buildings and elsewhere and, if information such as a train or bus timetable is displayed, a print size that they can read easily. The seat should have the following dimensions: Handrails should be provided on the (non-opening) sides of the lift cabin at a height between 900mm and 1000mm and should contrast in colour with the interior of the lift. Signage has a very important role to play. As noted at the start of this section, the term disability is a broad one. Where this unobstructed width exceeds 2000mm , a central, continuous handrail may be used as an alternative to a handrail on each side. In many places ramps (defined as a gradient of more than 1 in 20) will provide the alternative access to stairs for wheelchair users. The overall size of the toilet cubicle depends on whether it has a corner WC or a central (or peninsular) WC. Merseyside PTE uses a seat design which provides two seat heights at 489mm and 584mm , thus meeting the requirements of most people. Handrails should be provided on both sides (see Section 8.4.3) and, where stairways have a clear width of more than 1800mm , a centre handrail should also be provided. Service counters should have induction loops for people who use hearing aids (with the appropriate sign displayed). The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) estimates that there are over eight million deaf or hard of hearing people in the UK of whom approaching 700,000 are severely or profoundly deaf, reaching, stretching and dexterity, frequently the result of arthritis, which can make these movements painful and difficult, or of muscular dystrophy causing a loss of muscular strength, or of complaints of the nervous system, learning disability, making it hard to understand complicated information or to use complex machines (like some ticket machines). When planning your stairs, remember these handrail rules… Handrails are mandatory. There are solutions to the majority of access difficulties in existing buildings and in the pedestrian environment. At each ticket barrier, the availability of assistance for mobility-impaired travellers should be clearly signed, as should an alternative, accessible route through the ticket checking and collection area. CCTV cameras placed in tunnels will enhance security and should be located so as to provide full coverage. Rail height: 850mm above step nosing or ramp … The design of the counter top is also important. Three features of an accessible bus stop: (i) if a railing is used behind a bus stop, the preferred width for the footway behind the railing is 2000mm, the minimum is 1000mm for a maximum length of 5 metres, (ii) a guidance/safety line should be painted on the footway along the width of the bus stop 450mm from the kerb, and (iii) the kerb height should be 140-160mm. The moving handhold should be between 900 and 1100mm above step nosing and, as with handrails on stairs, extend a minimum of 300mm beyond the ends of the escalator. Thus a centrally located bus station on a less than ideal site may be preferable to a superb interchange that many potential passengers find difficult or impossible to reach. It is recommended that the width of the underpass itself should be at least 4.8 metres and have a clear headroom of 3 metres. The general recommendations are that letters and numbers should: use lower case lettering, which is more readily distinguishable than uppercase (capital) lettering, have a width to height ratio of between 3:5 and 1:1, have a stroke width to height ratio between 1:5 and 1:10 , preferably in the band 1:6 and 1:8; character - spacing the horizontal spacing between characters should be 25 to 50% of characters width and 75 to 100% between words; and vertical spacing between lines should be at least 50% of character height. Where bus stops are lettered, the letter should be shown on the bus stop flag as well as on the timetable display. Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) gives disabled people a right of access to goods, facilities, services and premises. A handrail or handrailing along a ramp is intended to provide a graspable support for people using the access ramp; 2. The DfT publication provides a series of illustrative diagrams of the layout for blistered surfaces at a range of different crossings and pedestrian islands. Lifts provided in the pedestrian and transport environment should be large enough for a person to accompany the wheelchair user. The length of the cord should be a minimum 173mm. Guardrails and barriers at the side of or across footways should be at least 1100mm high ; preferably 1200mm measured from ground level. the centre delineator strip should be 12-20mm high (preferably 20mm), 150mm wide with sloping sides and a flat top 50mm wide. Source: A survey of occupied wheelchairs to determine their overall dimensions and weight. On-street bays should be indicated by signs in accordance with TSRGD; road markings must also confirm to TSRGD. The provision of set down/pickup points for private cars should include specific provision for disabled car users, who should have priority over other car users if space is limited. Bins should be colour contrasted to their surroundings. As a general rule, where there are substantial changes in level, a lift should be provided and should be clearly signed as an alternative to the escalator. Because of space constraints this may not be possible; an alternative is to place the shelter downstream, leaving 2000mm length of clear boarding / alighting area. Tread depth or going should be 300mm deep (approximately the length of a size 9 shoe), never less than 250mm and the nose of the step should be rounded ( 6mm radius) without any overhang. The recommended minimum width is 580mm and the maximum 1100mm. However, there are obvious advantages in incorporating access improvements into planned work programmes wherever possible. Dished channels (for drainage) should not be incorporated within pedestrian routes. As mentioned in Section 3.7, means should be provided to limit the risk of people colliding with the underside of freestanding stairs or ramps at any point where the clear height is less than 2100mm. The surface should extend the full length of the platform. Apart from signs that are internally lit, dark text on a light background is preferable: eg black or dark blue on a white background though there may be occasions when light lettering on a dark background is preferable. From October 2004, service providers may have to alter the physical features of premises if the service continues to be impossible or unreasonably difficult for disabled people to use. Bus stop flags should be fixed as low as possible while remaining visible above road traffic, pedestrians and any other nearby obstacles. All boardwalks and bridges should have edge protection at least 75mm high and also handrails. An audible warning at the beginning and prior to the end of the travelator is essential for visually impaired people. For this reason central island stations are not recommended, though they can be very compact, therefore useful where space is limited and careful design and management can reduce the risk of passenger/vehicle accidents. The height between the bottom part of the seat and the top of the arm rest should be 200mm. Clearly marked pedestrian crossing areas should be provided in bus stations where people cross the bus lanes to get from one platform to another, with signing for buses to give way. If they have to be on a curve, it is recommended that the smallest radius of curvature should be 600 metres , and that if possible at least part of the platform should be on a straight section of track. All rails should be 35mm in diameter, with a good grip when wet, and the fixed rails should have 60mm clearance from the wall. Your guide to wheelchair ramps and part M building regulations. The maximum width of a public staircase is 1800mm. (Section 6.15-a) Has a surface width which is firm and even, (Section 6.15-b) Ramp flights have an unobstructed width of at least 900mm. Maximum deviation of the footway surface under a 1 metre straight edge should not exceed 3mm. Visual displays of expected arrival times of buses at stops, destinations served and any delays are helpful for all passengers but particularly so for deaf and hard of hearing people. The ability of a person in a wheelchair to reach, sideways or forward, is also important and a number of guidelines give figures for this. (Section 1.41) Provide guarding at the sides of flights and landings when there is a drop of more than 600mm. Lift floors should have a non-slip finish. Signs and information must be in forms that can be used by disabled people. The timings given for the Green Walking Figure are, for Pelican crossings, from four seconds (for crossings up to 7.5 metres in length) up to seven seconds for crossings over 7.5 metres. You’ve accepted all cookies. These requirements apply to facilities and services in the pedestrian environment and in transport related infrastructure: bus stations and stops, airports and rail stations [footnote 1] for example. A higher kerb may be appropriate where there is a segregated bus system or at places where the vehicle is guided into the stop. The considerations include whether there is any hospital, sheltered housing or workshop for disabled people with an entrance within 100 metres of the crossing and the composition of the pedestrians including people with impairments. ↩, See Train and Station Services for Disabled Passengers, Strategic Rail Authority, 2002. The cubicle door should allow for opening from the outside in an emergency. Where the end panel is used for advertising, it should be at the downstream end of the shelter so that people can see the bus approaching. Finding the lift location can be a problem for blind, deafblind and partially sighted people. The draft European Lift Standard (April 2000) defines minimum internal dimensions measured between the structural lift car walls (see table, below). Mum's shock after council WIPES OUT garden to install £40k disabled ramp for daughter CLARE LALLY had spent two years pleading with her local council to install a vital disabled ramp … A good location for a Shopmobility scheme office would be in close proximity to a large car park and set down/pick up points for local Dial-a-Ride, Community Transport bus services and local public transport. The height from the bottom half of the seat and the floor should be 420-580mm (median 470-480mm). Where there are a lot of different routes using one stop it may be better to keep these off the flag and put them on the time table display, but they must be shown in one or the other place. Where a long ramp is unavoidable, stairs should also be provided; some people prefer to climb a shorter staircase (properly designed) than a very much longer ramp. The minimum clear height of the doorway should be 2100mm , with 2300mm inside the lift cabin. Where it is necessary to introduce occasional narrowing of the access route, the restricted width should not be less than 1000mm and should extend for no more than 6 metres. An unobstructed space not less than 900mm wide by 1400mm deep should be provided in front of the urinal to allow access by a wheelchair user. They should be provided in preference to very long ramps. Steeper gradients than these can be managed by some wheelchair users, but only over very short distances (1000mm or less), for example on a ramp between a bus entrance and the pavement. The surface of the pavement or footpath alongside a setting-down point should be level with the carriageway at this point. Any rise of more than 5mm should have a bevelled edge. Types of surface: the start of the pedestrian part of the shared surface is a ladder pattern consisting of raised flat-topped bars each 5mm (± 0.5mm) high, 30mm wide and spaced 70mm apart. In many places Blue Badge holders do not have to pay for parking, but in some they do. 5). Although the main purpose of these guidelines is to provide good access for disabled people, designs that satisfy their requirements also meet the needs of many other people. There should be a good level of colour / tonal contrast between floor and walls, between door and walls and between the toilet, washbasin and other fittings and their surroundings. The report of the European COST 335 project on Passengers Accessibility of Heavy Rail Systems states that ramps should never be longer than 132 metres in total and preferably no longer than 50 metres. Peninsular layouts need a hinged handrail on both sides. Section 2: Ramps 1. Three types of disabled parking bay for Blue Badge holders: (i) off-street parking, (ii) on-street parking at an angle to the kerb, and (iii) on-street parking parallel to the kerb. For a conventional single entry / exit bus where there is no shelter a length of 3000mm is recommended. The extra width allows for an access zone on kerb or street side. This information should be available in a variety of formats so that, for example, blind as well as sighted people can obtain the information. Standard kerb heights range from 125mm to 140mm ; above this it is recommended that specialized bus stop kerbs should be used (eg Marshalls, Charcon, Lafarge Redland) which can give heights up to 220mm. The table below, reproduced from the Merseyside Code of Practice, shows appropriate colour relationships. will all benefit from an accessible environment, as will people with temporary mobility problems (e.g. In some circumstances (where there is sufficient space) protection can be given by a warning surface which extends out from the obstacle. The Strategic Rail Authority published a revised code of practice, Train and Station Services for Disabled Passengers in February 2002. A waste bin, with a supply of plastic bags, should be placed close to the entrance. Modern low-floor LRT designs are such that the platforms need be no more than 350mm high to give level access into the train. The control panel should be at least 400mm away from the corner of the lift cabin and there should be no fittings or objects between the panel and the floor which extend out more than 100mm from the wall. If a tip-up seat is provided it should not impede the normal use of the lift when in its folded position and it should be colour contrasted. at 1600 1700mm and at 1000 1100mm to allow convenient close viewing by wheelchair users. Unpublished Project Report, Transport Research Laboratory. Toilets [footnote 8] should be no less available for disabled people than for non-disabled people. Where a sign is suspended over a footway or pedestrian area, for example in a railway station a minimum clearance of 2100mm is acceptable ( 2300mm on cycleways). The dimensions in this image use the same figures in the parking bay sections. Beyond local groups, there are national organizations, such as DPTAC, the RNIB the RNID and The Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR), that can provide advice on the design of buildings and facilities. Colour / tonal contrasted handrails are essential to assist partially sighted users. Relevant publications that were consulted during the preparation of this report are listed in the bibliography. There should also be an external communication system on all lift landings to enable communication with a central controller should a lift not be in service. They represent minimum acceptable levels. In some situations the top of the guardrail may also serve as a handrail.Our photo at left shows an incomplete and th… The BT Guidelines also include advice on signage and way marking, car parking and the provision of facilities including toilets and telephones. 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