Presented by: Edward RoseMain Roads WA

Crossing Roads

Topics to be covered

• Types of pedestrians and disabilities

• Background Legislation and Standards

• Types of crossing

• Challenges - getting it right

• Away from a crossing – along the path

Types of Pedestrians and Disabilities

Everyone including people with the following;• Physical – affecting mobility and or / person’s ability to use their upper or lower body

• Sensory – Affecting the senses eg vision and / or hearing

• Neurological – Affecting a persons ability to control their movement due to the disorder of the nervous system eg epilepsy / stroke

• Intellectual – Affecting judgement, ability to learn and communicate

• Cognitive – Affecting thought process, personality and memory eg injury to the brain dementia or Alzheimer’s disease

Psychiatric – Affecting a persons emotions thought processes and behaviour, eg schizophrenia or depression

Young Children – under 12 years of age, intellectual, psychological and sensory capacity is limited by virtue of their age

Elderly – ageing affect the ability to function eg deteriorating eye sight and balance affect walking speed and fields of observation

Background and Legislation

• Disabilities affect one third of the population

• 20% of the population have a disability

• 10% are carers of people with disabilities

• the likelihood of having a disability increases with age

• more than half of all seniors have a disability

Prevalence

Disabling Condition

Of Western Australians with a disability

• nearly three quarters have a physical disability

• one in six have a mental or behavioral disorder

• one in every ten has a sensory disability (sight or vision)

• many have multiple disabilities

• can be permanent, temporary or episodic

Disability Discrimination Act 1992

Provides uniform protection against discrimination on the grounds of disability

DDA Covers

• Work, accommodation, education, access to premises, clubs and sport

• Provision of goods, facilities, services and land

• Existing laws; and

• Administration of Common laws

Disability Services Act 1993(amended 2004)

Requires all state and local government

agencies to ensure that services and

facilities, provided for the general public, are

accessible to people with disabilities

Main Roads WA Disability Access & Inclusion

Plan (DAIP)

Crossing Types

• Uncontrolled

• Zebra

• Wombat

• Pelican

• Puffin

• Signalised Intersection

Uncontrolled Crossing

• Pedestrians must give way to traffic

• Most basic of facilities

• Can be used with median island or without

• Grab Rails can be used

• Kerb ramps and TGSIs should be used

Kerb Ramps• There should be no lip at the base

• Maximum length of 1520mm (rise 150mm)

• A clear 1330mm in the direction of travel at the top of the ramp

• A maximum gradient of 1:10– Preferred gradient 1:14

• Splayed sides on a 45 degree angle

• The transition angle between the kerb ramp and road should be no less than 166 degrees so that the toe plates of wheelchairs do not become stuck when crossing the road.

Kerb Ramps

• The ramp should be aligned in the direction of travel

• TGSI’s should be installed in accordance with AS 1428.4

• The surface of the kerb ramp must be slip resistant

• No lip between ramp and surface – 5mm tolerance allowed.

Could do away with ramps and have cut through, allowing

blind pedestrians to use the kerb as a tapping rail.

Zebra

• Formal crossing

• Drivers must give way to pedestrians on crossing

• White stripes painted on road

• Pedestrian crossing signs

Wombat

• Formal crossing

• Similar to Zebra

• Crossing area is raised on a hump or table

• Little or no ramp for pedestrians

• Drivers must go up and down a ramp

Wombat

Pelican / Puffin

• Formal crossing

• Signalised with green and red man aspects

• Puffin can extend time for pedestrians as they cross

• Example outside Perth Railway Station and Perth Royal Hospital along Wellington Street.

Puffin

Signalised Intersections

• Can have formal pedestrian crossing

• Signalised with green and red man aspects

• Sometimes crossing distance is excessive

• Direction of crossing is not always clear

Signalised Crossings

• reasonable crossing times – average unimpeded free flow walking speed 1.2 m/s (Austroads Guide to Traffic Management Part 6 – sec 4.5.3)

• placement of pedestrian push controls should be within 300mm of the trafficable surface of kerb ramp.

• push button tactile indicators should be mounted on the inside of the pole immediately adjacent to the traffic surface of the kerb ramp.

Skew ramps to direct pedestrians

Continuous accessible path of travel

Continuous accessible path of travel

Continuous accessible path of travel

Low Hanging Signs

Tactile Ground Surface Indicators

Types – Warning and Directional

Luminous Contrast Criteria, must be maintained through the life of the TGSI

Comply with slip (skid) resistance

Profiles as per AS 1428.4.1

Tactile Ground Surface Indicators

                                                                    

TGSI’sTGSI’s are used on / when:

• Steps

• Stairs

• Ramps

• Change of Direction

• Overhead Impediment less than 2000mm clearance in an accessible path of travel

TGSI’s

Shall be installed

• For the full width of an access way

• Perpendicular to the angle of approach

• Set back 300 +/- 10mm from the edge of the hazard, except railway platforms where they are set back 600mm

Continuous accessible path of travel

• Paths shall be constructed with no lips or steps at joints between surfaces – construction tolerance up to 5mm is acceptable

• Clear width on a pedestrian pathway are:1. People with ambient disability – 1.0m

2. People who use wheelchairs – 1.2m

3. Wheelchair / pram to pass – 1.5m

4. Two wheelchairs to pass – 2.0m

When is a pedestrian crossing not a pedestrian crossing?

When it is a shadow from an overhead railway bridge!

QUESTIONS?