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See also: Pedestrian environments; Rail travel: accessibility; Transport-related buildings ; and Underpasses .
Footpaths and 1 Public routes must in general comply with the Disability Discrimination Act footways: complying (qv). Strictly speaking footways are pedestrian walkways adjacent to streets, with the Disability while footpaths are not contiguous with streets; but in everyday language the Discrimination Act terms are fairly interchangeable and in most cases the design rules for one
also apply to the other. Relevant design guidance is given in the following entries: ● Where footpaths and footways form part of the public environment, for instance the pavements alongside streets or the walkways through public squares and parks, see: Pedestrian environments ; and Street furniture . ● Where footpaths lead from a site boundary or car park to a building entrance, see: Access routes . ● For footpaths in the countryside, see: Countryside facilities . 2 See also: Authoritative practical guides .
