Talk:Tactile paving

Requested photo
Shouldn't be hard to get one -- there is so much tactile paving about these days... I'll try and sort something out this weekend, if nobody comes up with anything better sooner. -- Ratarsed 12:09, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Now there, so removed reqphoto -- Ratarsed 07:47, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Use a photo of long strips, as in Taiwan. Else how is one to get somewhere with just one square to follow? Jidanni 05:20, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
 * In the U.S. it is mostly used just at crosswalks (shown) and the edge of train and subway platforms.--Knulclunk 20:00, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Tactile paving in other countries
When I was visiting Japan (specifically the Osaka area) and Taiwan, there was tactile paving basically on every sidewalk. I wasn't sure what they were for until now. Maybe a mention on how common they are outside the US? Jumping  cheese  09:58, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Tactile paving can also be found practically all around in Iranian sidewalks, with specific patterns for corners/nearing streets. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.62.172.204 (talk) 05:47, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

Australia and US not the best examples!
Use countries that really represent tactile paving - Far East Asia or Europe... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.34.140.72 (talk) 23:20, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

(Copyright violation?) propose to enhance the tactile paving
propose to enhance the tactile paving article with additional citations and international examples, I have included my proposed edits in this user page/sandbox for review

I am trying to edit and not to create a new article. I do not know how to upload some images. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doaa OCAD (talk • contribs) 20:13, 10 October 2013 (UTC)


 * I notice that you've simply copy-pasted a huge amount of material from the given reference,, which is "Copyright@2008 by International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences". Has this been used with permission? I've also sent an email to the address given in that pdf, mail@iatss.or.jp, to ask. TeeEmCee (talk) 05:09, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Lots of errors.
The History section of this article is full of sentence fragments and doesn't make much sense. It needs to be re-written, in English. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.175.152.214 (talk) 19:20, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

Pagina Inutile e Dannosa
Come mai nessuno fà riferimento a standard internazionali come ISO e CEN di riferimento??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.152.122.150 (talk) 15:02, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Doesn't make sense
It reads: " ... the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States picked up the standard in the early 1990s, after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)." This does not make sense. UK and Australian use of tactile paving does not follow from the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). I will remove the section after the last comma and change the comma to a full stop.--Megaton Sheriff (talk) 11:19, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Factual errors and incompleteness in United Kingdom Section.
The section on the United Kingdom is both incomplete and factually incorrect. Amongst the incorrect statements is that tactile paving does not have a directional function. In the document "Guidance on the use of Tactile Paving Surfaces" which is cited in the United Kingdom section it says "Tactile paving surfaces can be used to convey important information to visually impaired pedestrians about their environment, for example, hazard warning, directional guidance, or the presence of an amenity. Research has determined that visually impaired people can reliably detect, distinguish and remember a limited number of different tactile paving surfaces and the distinct meanings assigned to them." (p12) [emphasis added] Further, it says that there are only two types of tactile paving surface when, in fact that document describes three broad types, blisters [Ch 1, p19ff)], corduroy [Ch2, p53ff] and lozenge [Ch4, p67ff]; there are also subtypes, performing different functions using different patterns of blisters, for example, to provide different types of information. While it would be difficult to include all information from that document in the article, this section does need to be tidied up.--Megaton Sheriff (talk) 09:59, 19 March 2019 (UTC)