#2006-1658Decree No. 2006-1658 on Technical Specifications for Public Accessibility
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The decree establishes technical specifications to ensure accessibility of public pathways and spaces for individuals with disabilities, focusing on usability for those with mobility impairments. It outlines requirements for sidewalks, parking spaces, traffic signals, and emergency call posts, ensuring all aspects are designed to be navigable and usable by individuals with various disabilities. Compliance is mandated unless there are technical impossibilities assessed by governing authorities.
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Key Changes
- Introduction of specific technical criteria for pathway accessibility.
- Mandated percentage of parking spaces to be reserved for wheelchair users.
- Ensured traffic signals provide accessible information for blind or visually impaired individuals.
Obligations
What this law requires
Obtain assessment from road/space managing authority and consult departmental consultative commission on safety and accessibility before claiming technical impossibility exemptions
Ensure all pathway surfaces are non-slip, non-movable, and free from obstacles; minimize longitudinal slope and level changes with rounded or beveled edges where unavoidable
Make urban furniture (bollards, posts) easily detectable by blind or visually impaired persons, including when mounted as cantilevers
Reserve minimum 2% of parking spaces in each public parking zone (rounded up) as accessible and adapted for wheelchair users; minimum 10 spaces for zones exceeding 500 spaces
Install pedestrian crossing alert bands and ensure crossings are clearly identified through visual contrast and tactile or other detection methods for disabled persons