C01: Tactile guiding to ‘Stairs’

PO RO

Guiding tactile Warning tactile Warning tactile Guiding tactile

Not recommended Escalator Escalator

Stair Stair
North Avenue Station – Concourse (part) Ortigas North Station – Concourse (part)
In both PO & RO, there is guiding tactile to stairs, which has safety concerns for partially sighted people.
DOTr to check with NCDA if this is required as this is not a code requirement, though listed in the GAD guidelines

Standard/Code Requirement Provided Recommendation

BP 344 9.4 A tactile strip 0.30 m. wide shall be installed before hazardous Yes + Apply BP 344 code
areas such as sudden changes in floor levels and at the top and bottom pathfinding requirement.
of stairs; ‘Guiding tactile’ It is recommended not to
GAD 4.11 There is a Tactile/Pathfinding present in the following areas: from Yes. Pathfinding guide PWD to areas
the concourse to the boarding area, elevator comfort room, ticketing ‘Guiding and hazardous such as change
area and stair/ramp warning tactile’ in floor levels (stairs)

Impacts:
RO - Bid docs require update, however no impact to flooring setouts
PO – drawing requires update

Cost evaluation:
Approx 73 sqm of tactile area (Ground - 5sqm, Concourse – 43 sqm, Platform -25 sqm) can be deleted per station
if guiding tactile to stair not provided
• PO savings – cannot be indicated as tactiles replaced with flooring finish
• RO savings on Stainless steel tactiles : 73sqm x Php21,712/sq.m = 15,84,976
C02: Tactile guiding to ‘PSD’

PO RO

Tactiles overlap the holding area Tactiles overlap the holding area
In both PO & RO, warning tactiles overlap with the holding area and is un-usable.
DOTr to check with NCDA if this is acceptable, as in general practice, tactiles are set at least 1.8m from PSD to
avoid overlap with holding area

Preferred setout (indicative) Eg. Singapore metro

Impacts:
RO - Bid docs require update, however no impact to flooring setouts
PO – drawing requires update