Accessible Public Transport
It is important that people who are blind or have impaired vision be able to access all forms of public transport safely.
The Attorney General's Disability Standard on Accessible Public Transport outlines regulations to ensure that public transport is accessible for all people with a disability.
The following factors are highlighted as considerations for improving accessibility for people who have impaired vision:
- Entry and exit points should be readily identifiable. For example, people who have impaired vision should be able to access a station-entrance gate safely, and from there the desired platform, with no obstacles in the line of travel. Likewise, on arriving at their chosen station, they should be able to find the way to their chosen exit point with ease.
- Signs should be clear and positioned for easy readability.
- All stops - including bus, train, light-rail and ferry stops, as well as taxi zones - should be easily identifiable.
- People who have impaired vision should have adequate warning of the location of all platform edges, particularly at railway stations and ferry wharfs.
- There should be a continuous accessible path of travel between station-entrance gates, lifts, stairs, ramps and all platforms.
- There should be clear platform announcements of ALL train arrivals, departures and destinations.
All carriages in all trains should have functional announcement systems, and clear announcements should be made before each stop.
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