One of the more controversal issues around the shared surface concept is the use of corduroy paving. Guide Dogs for the Blind actually sued Kensington and Chelsea over their use of this material in Exhibition Road. Various disabled groups are afraid that the lack of definition of the pavvement may damage road safety.
I took the above picture in Walworth Road, where you can see the corduroy paving borders the carriageway. Standing on it, I think it had a distinctive feel, so I would have thought a blind person would be able to work out what it was.
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There seems to be a standard:
(a) to use 'pimpled paving' to indicate crossing points to the partially-sighted - usually in a contrasting colour
(b) to use 'corduroy paving' for the edge of cycling-on-pavement areas.
I have always thought (b) is a waste of time. Cyclists who ride on the pavement at allowed places quite happily ride off down the pavement, once they are on it.
I agree with ^^^ it's quite standar for driveway paving Brentwood
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