Locomotion

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Design guidance

  • Consider the use of locomotion aids such as walkers, wheelchairs and scooters when setting the dimensions of doorways and passages
  • Provide adequate seating at regular intervals in public spaces such as parks, airports and shopping centres
  • Provide handles or surfaces so that the arms can be used to assist transferring the body between different positions (such as sitting and standing)
  • Reduce the need to bend the back or reach below waist level
  • Assist balance by ensuring that something is available to hold on to, especially for any situation involving steps, or standing for a long period
  • Be wary of the exclusion that results from requiring the user to ascend even one step
  • Ensure that devices to assist locomotion are integrated with the overall design aesthetic
A line of flip-down seating at a bus stop and a series of park benches with people relaxing on them.

Provision of adequate seating at regular intervals is important for public spaces

Someone carrying luggage through the large door of a taxi, and onto a bus.

Large doors on taxis allow easier access, and many buses can be lowered to curb level making them easier to enter