Good Practices
Are your pedestrian crossings safe for blind people? How do people with disability cross the road safely?
Our experts analyze all the good practices in terms of pedestrian road crossing in your area.
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How Accessible Pedestrian Signals Can Help Chicago Be the ‘Most Inclusive City in the Nation’?
Chicago is the third most populated city in the United States ranking after New York and Los Angeles. To facilitate the movement of vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists and thus prevent the city from plunging into chaos, 3,000 signalized traffic intersections have been set up throughout the city.
City of Christchurch in New Zealand Sets Out Good Example to Help Blind People Cross the Street Safely
City of Christchurch in New Zealand Sets Out Good Example to Help Blind People Cross the Street Safely Latest statistics from 2013 estimated...
How Do Blind People of Toronto Cross the Street Safely?
681,000 blind people have been identified in Ontario in 2007, making Ontario by far the province where the concentration of blind people is the strongest. We are therefore entitled to ask what solutions the City has implemented to allow blind people to cross the street safely and what uses come as a result.
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5 Must-Have Apps for People with Intellectual Disabilities
5 Must-Have Apps for People with Intellectual DisabilitiesPeople with intellectual disabilities such as Down syndrome or fragile X syndrome have an intellectual development that’s inferior to the population average and learning difficulties. This means they have...
How Innovation Promises to Revolutionize Accessibility in the New York City Subway
How Innovation Promises to Revolutionize Accessibility in the New York City Subway With more than 1.5 billion passengers per year, the New York City subway is one of the most used rapid transit systems in the Western world. And it’s also one of the oldest. It...
How Accessible Are the Audible Pedestrian Pushbuttons of Your Crossings?
How Accessible Are the Audible Pedestrian Pushbuttons of Your Crossings?Actuating audible pedestrian pushbuttons is the first step to crossing the street safely. They provide blind and visually impaired users audible information about the WALK and DON’T WALK signals....
Should We Say “Hybridization” or “Inclusion” Regarding People with Disabilities? | Interview of Gabrielle Halpern, Doctor of Philosophy
Should We Say “Hybridization” or “Inclusion” Regarding People with Disabilities? | Interview of Gabrielle Halpern, Doctor of PhilosophyAs accessibility experts, we often talk about inclusion to explain that our society should be built to suit the needs of everybody,...
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