Assessment of Tactile Blocks with Directional Transmission through Walking Experiment Approach

Abstract

Railroad crossings are dangerous places for the visually impaired, and there is a risk of collision with trains due to misidentification of the visually impaired person's position. To reduce this danger, it is desirable to install Tactile blocks at railroad crossings, however they are not often installed because there is no uniform standard for their shapes. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to promote the installation of Tactile blocks at railroad crossings by proposing the shape of Tactile blocks at railroad crossings.