The Smart Floors Making Airports More Accessible for Disabled Travelers
Photo Caption: Edmonton International Airport's Floor Tiles Help Visually Impaired Passengers With Way-finding/Edmonton Airport
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Making the floor beautiful and more functional for way-finding is a great application of Universal Design principles by Edmonton International. We need more of this thinking in the design of our expanding airport cities. The future of travel is inclusive.
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The striking graphic floor tiles of Edmonton International Airport compliment the terminal’s distinctive modern appearance, but they’re far more beautiful than that. What might appear to other passengers as a decorative contrast of graduated color tiles, was designed to help visually impaired passengers better judge the distance to their gate.
“Some Visually-Impaired passengers may have poor depth perception,” explains Heather Hamilton, Spokesperson for Edmonton International Airport. “They can’t judge the distance to their gate with a long monochrome flooring
