Accessibiltiy Features - some Best Practices
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
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by someone who has a great sense of humour! Ya gotta love it.
This ramp leads up to the top of the Seawall
on the North Shore of Vancouver.
you would find all the stores and businesses had level entrances.
Even on the North Shore of Vancouver where the hill was very steep,
you would find all the stores and businesses had level entrances.
you would find all the stores and businesses had level entrances.
an elevator, right beside them. Universal Design at its finest.
an elevator, right beside them. Universal Design at its finest.
an elevator, right beside them. Universal Design at its finest.
an elevator, right beside them. Universal Design at its finest.
Note how there is a curb cut right there so one will not have to wheel
down the street to a corner to get onto the sidewalk.
Bus stops, bus hubs, bus shelters, and buses - all fully accessible.
to make the intersections safe for the blind and visually impaired.
to make the intersections safe for the blind and visually impaired.
to make the intersections safe for the blind and visually impaired.
A Hard-to-Spot Hazard:
This is the ONLY Bad example I found of colour contrast and markings to denote a curb.
If you look closely just beyond the tree in the picture, you can see a thin grey line before another layer of interlocking brick. The thin grey line is a 6" curb, which I couldn't see at night and fell off of, with my wheelchair. Fortunately I was not hurt.
I took the picture to show a safety hazard to watch for, so the mistake is not repeated again.
This is the ONLY Bad example I found of colour contrast and markings to denote a curb.
If you look closely just beyond the tree in the picture, you can see a thin grey line before another layer of interlocking brick. The thin grey line is a 6" curb, which I couldn't see at night and fell off of, with my wheelchair. Fortunately I was not hurt.
I took the picture to show a safety hazard to watch for, so the mistake is not repeated again.
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