臺中捷運市政府站扶手點字解析與認知

A STUDY ON UNDERSTANDING AND ANALYSIS OF HANDRAILS BRAILLE OF TAICHUNG CITY HALL STATION OF TAICHUNG MRT

2021年4月25日臺中捷運綠線正式營運，成為國內第五條捷運交通系統路線。由於國內交通運輸系統之無障礙、友善環境之建立為站體規劃的重要政策之一，因此各站體完善「無障礙設施及設備」之提供也成為取得使用執照的必要條件。然而其中與視障者密切相關之站體內坡道、階梯或樓梯等之扶手端部之「點字貼片」內容與配置之正確性常常被忽略，因此對於視障者所摸讀到點字貼片的內容鮮少被認真檢核。
本文係以臺中捷運綠線「市政府站」為研究對象，採用直接觀察與實地拍攝法，針對出入口＃1及＃2之坡道、階梯或樓梯等扶手之「點字貼片」進行資料蒐集、符號認知、內容解析與成果比較等分析，並計算其所使用貼片數、字元方數等。經研究結果有以下兩大發現：（一）扶手點字貼片解析：在出入口＃1之坡道點字貼片，上行扶手貼片編號《B》之點字內容為「前方電梯」，但其第一個字「前」的國語點字字元少了一方，設置有誤！（二）扶手點字（貼片數）及（字元數）：在出入口＃2處，坡道扶手點字貼片共計8片，點字內容組成字元總數達110方；其中上行點字字元62方，下行點字字元48方。

Taichung Metro's first route, the Green Line, officially began operation on April 25, 2021, making it the 5th rapid transit system operating in Taiwan. Since barrier-free environment and environmentally responsible are both important polices to design stations in the domestic transportation system, the complete of accessible facilities in each station is the requirement to obtain user license. However, when it comes to the correctness of Braille labels, its content, meaning, and layout are often ignored on handrails of the ramp, stairway, and stairs in the station, which are closely related to visually impaired people. As a result, the content of Braille labels is rarely scrutinized.
This article focuses on Taichung City Hall Station of the green line in Taichung MRT. The research subjects are collected from Braille labels on handrails of the ramp, stairway, and stairs in gateway one and two. The research adopts observational method and field study. In the stage of analysis, the content of Braille and meaning are analyzed and compared, and the number of Braille labels and cells are calculated. The research showed two results in the following. First result is the content of Braille. The Braille labels on handrails of the ramp in gateway one is false. The content of Braille label No. B on the ascending handrail is misplaced as the meaning of front elevator. The first character of Mandarin Braille, front, is lack of one cell. Furthermore, the second result is the number of labels and cells on handrails. The total number of Braille labels on handrail of the ramp are 8, and the total number of cells are 110 in which the ascending Braille cells are 62 and descending Braille cells are 48.