5.2.7 Tactile surfaces

• Continuous tactile guide paths should be provided to entrance/major facilities, information counters, braille maps/directories and lifts.
• Directional, positional, location and hazard warning tactile surfaces should be correctly laid to convey correct information.
• Tactile surfaces should be laid at a distance from wall surfaces to facilitate left handed or right handed persons with guiding sticks.
• Avoid any door swings into the tactile surfaces.
• Tactile surfaces should preferably be segregated from pathways for wheelchair users to avoid conflict between the two user groups.
• Contrasting colours can make the tactile surface noticeable.

5.2.8 Luminous contrast

• Luminous contrast should be provided to distinguish floor and wall surfaces.
• Luminous contrast should be provided at changes in levels.
• Too strong luminous contrast is undesirable to low vision persons.
• Natural lighting provision at passageways or corridors provides clues and stimulation for day and night orientation.

• Location of parking areas and loading/unloading areas should be conspicuous at the run-in/out, with adequate directional signage wherever necessary.
• Signage for the direction to way out should be conspicuous from the parking areas and loading/ unloading facilities.