Tactile paving, a system of textured ground surface indicators that is indispensable to visually impaired pedestrians, is composed of what are called "tenji burokku" (Braille blocks) in Japanese.

The patterns are called tactile paving and they help blind or partially sighted people navigate their way around cities, towns, and villages. There is a 108-page government document online which ...

Mumbai: BMC officials have been told to seek expert opinion from IIT-B wherever a manhole cover falls within the alignment of tactile paving, which is meant to assist the blind, on a footpath ...

REPAIRING broken tactile paving blocks to help the visually impaired walk safely in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, is a half measure, says stakeholders. The ongoing work will amount to naught if ...

Reporter Ayato Saki, center, walks with a sighted colleague along a section of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai's Grand Ring walkway that has no tactile paving blocks to help guide visually impaired ...

The tactile paving was invented in Japan more than 50 years ago to help those with visual impairments move smoothly and safely around urban environments. And they've gone global over the years ...