Australia Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002 18: Tactile ground surface indicators: warning indicators to clause 2.3.3 (and 2.4 to 2.6) of AS/NZS 1428.4.1 (2009) on access paths at stairways, escalators, travellators, moving walkways, ramps and step ramps, unguarded overhead obstructions under 2 m, unguarded hazards in circulation spaces, and unguarded at-grade meetings with vehicular ways near building entrances; warning style to clauses 2.2, 2.3.1 and 2.3.2 and directional style to clauses 2.2, 3.2.1 and 3.2.2, directional indicators installed to clauses 3.2.1, 3.2.3 and 3.3 where no other wayfinding cue exists; indicators at accessible bus boarding points, platform edges to clause 3.4 and wharf edges to clause 3.5

What does 18 require?

Warning tactile ground surface indicators must be installed in premises and infrastructure, in accordance with clause 2.3.3 of AS/NZS 1428.4.1 (2009) and clauses 2.4 to 2.6 so far as applicable, on an access path to signal a stairway, an escalator, an inclined travellator, a moving walkway, a ramp, step ramps in passenger areas, an overhead obstruction lower than 2 m (other than a doorway) where there is no suitable barrier, a hazard within a circulation space or beside a path where there is no barrier, and a point where the path meets a vehicular way next to a pedestrian entrance where there is no barrier, kerb or kerb ramp. Warning indicators must follow the style and dimensions in clauses 2.2, 2.3.1 and 2.3.2 and directional indicators those in clauses 2.2, 3.2.1 and 3.2.2 of that standard; directional indicators used where no other wayfinding cues exist must be installed under clauses 3.2.1, 3.2.3 and 3.3. Tactile indicators must be installed at accessible bus boarding points, and warning indicators at the edges of railway platforms to clause 3.4 and at wharf edges to clause 3.5 of AS/NZS 1428.4.1 (2009). The location and style rules apply to indicators installed on or after 13 October 2026 and after the 10-year transitional period to earlier ones.