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A. Gelpi et al.
Table 8 Recommendations for improvements to the accessible route for accessibility of the visually
impaired
Rated item
Recommendations
Continuity of route
Include podotile floor in all routes between bus stops and
buildings
Fill gaps without podotactil flooring on the routes
Try to use the shortest routes
Sidewalks
Use uneven flooring and different texture of the strips
Tracks connection
Provide substantial continuity of the tracks in the corners and
access
Pedotactile tiles tracks
Increase the width of the tracks
Avoid placement with too close proximity to walls and barriers
Use tiles with high protrusions
Include guide and warning lanes on stairs, ramps, obstacles,
and barriers
Track color
Maintain high contrast with sidewalk floors and environments
Barriers
Placing warning podotactiles around obstacles and barriers,
even temporary ones
Elevated road crossings
Maintain contrasting color of security strips
Placing a masthead guide and alert floor
Maintain difference in pavement floor texture and pavement
Remove barriers and obstacles
Ramps and stairs
Connect floor alert with floor guide
Tactile map totem
Inclusion of tactile maps on bus stops
Reposicionation the access to buildings and routes
Reorganization of signs in contrast color and braille
Placement in external and internal strategic points
Sound and tactile map totem
Include near to the bus stops and in the accesses of the buildings
Localization APP
Develop localization application for the visually impaired with
a sound description and alert of the routes and accesses of the
buildings
Parking lots
Reservation parking lots to PCDs and not interfere with the
podotactile bands
A. Gelpi et al.
Table 8 Recommendations for improvements to the accessible route for accessibility of the visually
impaired
Rated item
Recommendations
Continuity of route
Include podotile floor in all routes between bus stops and
buildings
Fill gaps without podotactil flooring on the routes
Try to use the shortest routes
Sidewalks
Use uneven flooring and different texture of the strips
Tracks connection
Provide substantial continuity of the tracks in the corners and
access
Pedotactile tiles tracks
Increase the width of the tracks
Avoid placement with too close proximity to walls and barriers
Use tiles with high protrusions
Include guide and warning lanes on stairs, ramps, obstacles,
and barriers
Track color
Maintain high contrast with sidewalk floors and environments
Barriers
Placing warning podotactiles around obstacles and barriers,
even temporary ones
Elevated road crossings
Maintain contrasting color of security strips
Placing a masthead guide and alert floor
Maintain difference in pavement floor texture and pavement
Remove barriers and obstacles
Ramps and stairs
Connect floor alert with floor guide
Tactile map totem
Inclusion of tactile maps on bus stops
Reposicionation the access to buildings and routes
Reorganization of signs in contrast color and braille
Placement in external and internal strategic points
Sound and tactile map totem
Include near to the bus stops and in the accesses of the buildings
Localization APP
Develop localization application for the visually impaired with
a sound description and alert of the routes and accesses of the
buildings
Parking lots
Reservation parking lots to PCDs and not interfere with the
podotactile bands