In this webinar, Jeremy discusses an example of the travel chain for a person with a visual impairment. Using his guide dog, and following the route from his home to the local railway station, Jeremy covers in detail the various obstacles and good access features of the journey. Using his considerable technical knowledge of access issues and blind mobility, Jeremy succeeds in highlighting the importance of recognising the significance of NMT (non-motorised transport).
Tag: Transport
Stairs!
“Stairs! Stairs!” They cried. I am standing in a train, at the entrance of a carriage looking out. In front of me is the platform of one of the downtown stations in Salt lake City. Upon the platform, stand my wife and daughter, shouting up at me, “stairs, stairs’’, although at the time, I wasn’t clear on exactly what they were saying. I in turn, am frozen in place, confused and frightened. Being a grizzled READ MORE
There is No Such Thing as an Accessible Train…(on its own)
Reading a helpful tweet from Metrorail about how they can be of service and, bearing in mind that it is Global Accessibility Awareness Day, made me think of the recent rail excursion involving the Western Cape Disability Network, which included this writer. At the time, several people with visual and physical disabilities, caught the new “People’s Train” or “Blue Train”, which had long been vaunted by Metrorail as being accessible. The point of the exercise was READ MORE