Metro Railway has snatched from commuters with blindness or impaired vision their only guide to a safe entry and exit from stations. The strips of yellow tactile tiles that were laid inside Metro ...

Apart from tactile paving, metro systems and railway stations are equipped with a range of other facilities to support individuals with special needs, reaffirming the commitment to inclusivity.

KOCHI: To make metro transport disabled-friendly, Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) had introduced tactile paving at metro stations — inside and outside — a few y ...

KUALA Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) is making repairs to tactile paths along Jalan Tun Sambanthan 3 and Jalan Tun Sambanthan 1 in Brickfields following complaints from the visually impaired.

CHENNAI: Disability rights activists believe even the new Metro stations (part of the phase 1 extension) will be riddled with accessibility issues, going by pho ...

The Tyne and Wear Metro has become the first rail network in the UK to add tactile paving to all of its stations, in a bit to make travel safer for visually impaired passengers. The flooring ...

The inscriptions have a sign "Entrance" in Braille. Tactile inscriptions also appeared on the emergency call columns of the metro and the MCC. To date, there are more than 4 thousand modern cars ...

Where did these tiles originate? Tactile paving, also known as "Braille blocks" or "Tenji blocks," was invented in 1965 by Seiichi Miyake in Japan. Originally designed to help visually impaired ...