The City of Waterloo is making changes to ensure city buildings, facilities and public spaces are more accessible
Oct 24, 2026
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So this is a tactile map
and I myself have no vision at all
so the nice thing about this
is it's right by the door of the washroom
and it says Regina Street entrance in braille
and then I can tell here the door opener is right there
and you know it even clarifies to Regina
Street. Main washroom corridor
and you'll notice we have tactile
leading through the space you'll
You'll notice our main path of travel, we have the four indicators.
And then when there's a branch or a change in direction, we do two.
So this indicates we're going off our main branch
and into a different space.
Again, we have the tactile map.
This one is specific for this washroom.
And that provides an individual the ability
to navigate the space without having to feel.
So we're going back out to the hallway.
So if you follow the strip, or for you.
So, for community members who have difficulty
raising their arms to reach elevator buttons
and don't have the tools to do it otherwise, we have a great app.
We sign above the elevator to indicate how to access that app.
But it is an app that just populates on your phone.
So to use it on my phone, I just say,
Hey Siri, open contactless access.
and basically an elevator button panel comes up on my screen
and then it says find button
and so I can press find the button on my screen
and it gives me the option for whatever floor
I'm on to go up or down and so since this one
is generally up unless I'm going to the garage I hit
the up button it calls the elevator the door opens I would go inside
and then it would prompt me to
Thank you.

