Tactile paving addenda
2016-06-15 09:38![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I have found out the likely reason that tactile paving markers on dual-use paths are the wrong way round!
A page on the UX StackExchange discusses tactile paving on dual-use paths and the best explanation is that it can be uncomfortable to walk on longitudinal ridges, whereas transverse ones are OK.
(Apparently the usual terms are "tram" vs "ladder".)
I occasionally get a painful twinge in my ankle when I tread on the edge of a badly laid paving stone, so I can sympathise. But surely tactile paving is supposed to be felt by the feet, so it should not hurt people who tread on it even inadvertently!
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Date: 2016-06-15 06:19 (UTC)