Only realized yesterday that this, while a necessary accessibility feature, is placed in a rather unfortunate way...
A blind person almost walked into me because I was blocking it & I really shouldn't do that, but as you see I'm not exactly alone... why was it put where people naturally stand, not where they naturally walk, more than likely turning it into an obstacle course?
@jwcph Fear, probably. If there's an open edge onto, say, train tracks or similar, the accessibility feature will generally be placed much farther from the edge than people would normally walk, because the designers worry that blind people might step off by mistake.
@fastfinge I thought of that, but it doesn't make sense. It's far more risky for a sight impaired person to have break off from the guide line to veer around people towards the edge of the platform, than to be able to follow the line continuously barely a foot closer but still far from the edge.
I fear (!) that it's simple symmetry; the guide line is exactly in the middle of the path between the yellow dots / lighter pavement and the wall. They thought it looked good & didn't think it through.
