Why do Namma Metro or Indian metros have these tiles or blocks with yellow lines? You will also find them on Church Street in Bengaluru. You will find these yellow lines in almost every major city in the world. Why is this yellow line so important that the whole world adopted it? They are not there to give extra grip. These yellow lines were designed by Japanese Seichi Miyake. He had a friend who was starting to lose his sight. So to help him move around he designed these tactile yellow bricks which are detected by touch. These bricks are called Tenji blocks (Tenji means braille) and are designed to assist people with special needs..So how exactly do these blocks work? They have two patterns. One is the straight line pattern which signals that it is safe to move forward. The next one is more important. It is the dotted or blister patternA system of tactile paving was first instituted in Japan at pedestrian crossings and other hazardous road situations; the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States picked up the standard in the early 1990s. Canada started incorporating them into transportation first in the 1990s, and then added them to other aspects of the built environment in the early 2000s..Tactile paving was first developed in 1965 by Seiichi Miyake, who was inspired by braille (the term "Tenji blocks" comes from tenji, the name for Japanese braille).The paving was first introduced in a street in Okayama, Japan, in 1967. Its use gradually spread throughout Japan and then around the world. Tactile paving is widely used in subway stations and sidewalks.
Why do Namma Metro or Indian metros have these tiles or blocks with yellow lines? You will also find them on Church Street in Bengaluru. You will find these yellow lines in almost every major city in the world. Why is this yellow line so important that the whole world adopted it? They are not there to give extra grip. These yellow lines were designed by Japanese Seichi Miyake. He had a friend who was starting to lose his sight. So to help him move around he designed these tactile yellow bricks which are detected by touch. These bricks are called Tenji blocks (Tenji means braille) and are designed to assist people with special needs..So how exactly do these blocks work? They have two patterns. One is the straight line pattern which signals that it is safe to move forward. The next one is more important. It is the dotted or blister patternA system of tactile paving was first instituted in Japan at pedestrian crossings and other hazardous road situations; the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States picked up the standard in the early 1990s. Canada started incorporating them into transportation first in the 1990s, and then added them to other aspects of the built environment in the early 2000s..Tactile paving was first developed in 1965 by Seiichi Miyake, who was inspired by braille (the term "Tenji blocks" comes from tenji, the name for Japanese braille).The paving was first introduced in a street in Okayama, Japan, in 1967. Its use gradually spread throughout Japan and then around the world. Tactile paving is widely used in subway stations and sidewalks.
