#EQUR0700133ADecree on Accessibility Requirements for Public Roads and Spaces
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The law sets out technical requirements for accessibility to public roads and spaces in France, focusing on making them usable for persons with disabilities or reduced mobility. It outlines specifications for infrastructure elements such as ramps, crosswalks, and signage to ensure ease of movement and safety for all users. It also establishes guidelines for physical dimensions, gradients, and tactile features to aid visually impaired individuals.
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Key Changes
- Minimum heights and widths for street furniture and infrastructure to enhance visibility and accessibility.
- Regulations for ramps and resting areas to ensure proper slope and usability for persons in wheelchairs.
- Requirements for accessible pedestrian crossings, including tactile paving and clear visual contrast.
Obligations
What this law requires
Ensure ramps do not exceed 5% gradient. If gradient exceeds 4%, install rest platforms at top, bottom, and every 10 meters. Gradients up to 8% permitted for lengths ≤2 meters; up to 12% for lengths ≤0.50 meters only when technically impossible due to topography.
Install handrails on both sides of stairs with 3+ steps, or a central handrail for stairs wider than 4.20 meters. Handrails must extend beyond first and last steps by at least the tread width and be positioned at height 0.80-1.00 meters.
Maintain minimum pathway width of 1.40 meters free of furniture and obstacles (reducible to 1.20 meters without walls/obstacles on sides). Ensure cross-slope does not exceed 2%.
Install tactile warning bands compliant with current standards at all marked pedestrian crossings to alert blind or visually impaired persons. Apply visual contrast and tactile contrast on pavement/markings per Annex 1 requirements.
Limit step heights (ressauts) to maximum 2 centimeters, or 4 centimeters if beveled at 1:3 ratio. Prohibit successive step configurations ('pas-d'âne'). Maintain minimum 2.50 meters distance between successive steps.