[Talk-GB] Tactile markings at UK bus stops?

[Ken Kilfedder]

TfL bus stops do not routinely have any tactile paving - I don't recall ever seeing any in London (and Streetcomplete *always* asks.)

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On Tue, 16 Mar 2021, at 7:14 PM, SK53 wrote:
> Just happened to be thinking about this (not many newish things to map in the small area I visit now).
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> Here are a few of my local bus stops on Mapillary:
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> * Hillside: https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/bYlvWKm90KIPIC6bXK_Cig. There is tactile paving just in from the kerb where it is raised to ease boarding. You can see the same arrangement from a car at the next stop <https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/HJoaBAO6GMKZdPHnQbuRR0> along.
> * Stop on the Ring Road with a bay: pretty much as above, a strip along where the kerb is raised: https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/tS_4U6SK7fG8CYUgNNum2Q
> * Tram stop by NTU: different size bobbles on the paving & it's not directly next to kerb edge: https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/5_nQuNBJzgp-4A-diwbtHw. I think there are also markings for crossing points.
> * Cinderhill Road, Bulwell (from top deck of bus), pretty much as the others: https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/tdW1mVn9l5CxyY3QU1zmjQ
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> In Maidenhead where there are next to no lowered kerbs or tactile paving in suburban areas, there is no tactile paving (or raised kerbs) for bus stops either.
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> This TfL stop in Canonbury does not appear to have any either: https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/4tEr43HQN9zJMLlSQLY_xQ
> 
> Jerry
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> On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 at 18:32, Mat Attlee <mattattlee at gmail.com> wrote:
>> There is a quest in StreetComplete for tactile markings at bus stops but the times I've gone past a bus stop in London I wasn't able to notice anything. Does it look very different to the tactile markings at crossings or is it not common in the UK?
>> 
>> I even skimmed through the official government document on inclusive mobility and the diagrams for train platforms includes tactile paving but no mention of it in the diagram for bus stops 
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>> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inclusive-mobility/inclusive-mobility
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