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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Smombies: the New Safety Challenge for Cities in the 21st Century
Never heard of smombies before? It will soon be a word employed in your everyday life. Smombie is actually the blend of the words smartphone and zombie and is used to describe a person who’s watching their phone while walking in the streets.
Accessibility Toolkit: When Complete Streets Help People with Disabilities
After World War II, cars’ supremacy started to shape Northern American cities. It was not until the early 1970s that some states began to design the urban space with all users in mind to make transportation network safer and more efficient. This is how Complete Streets-like policy was born. So what are Complete Streets policies and above all why do they matter for disabled people?
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[INFOGRAPHIC] How Can the City of Ottawa Improve its Accessibility with APS?
In a city where around 50,000 blind people have difficulties getting around, Ottawa accessibility design standards have been developed to encourage diversity, remove physical barriers and provide solutions embracing the principles of “universal design”.
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Intellectual Disability, a Little Known and Multidimensional Disability
Intellectual Disability, a Little Known and Multidimensional DisabilityIntellectual disability, sometimes called mental retardation, affects 1 to 3% of the global population, which represents approximately 6.5 million people in the United States. Who are they? What...
Paratransit Services for People with Disabilities: Yes You Can Reduce Their Costs
Paratransit Services for People with Disabilities: Yes You Can Reduce Their CostsAs a chief executive officer of a transit authority, you know how challenging it is to provide a reliable public transit system to all riders. And how expensive it is to set up...
Blind and Visually Impaired Pedestrians: What Are Their Difficulties When Crossing the Street?
Blind and Visually Impaired Pedestrians: What Are Their Difficulties When Crossing the Street? Blind and visually impaired pedestrians can face many obstacles and challenges when they navigate the streets, especially for crossing them. Abled pedestrians cross...
Disability Pride Month: What Is It and Why Is It Important?
Disability Pride Month: What Is It and Why Is It Important?July celebrates Disability Pride Month! A month to support and raise awareness on disability. It gives people with disabilities an opportunity to be seen and heard. Obviously, everybody has their own...
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