A number of Smart Cities are stepping up and making accessibility an inclusion a priority. In Seattle, accessible buses and light rail lines allow people who use wheelchairs to travel seamlessly across the network, while Portland’s LIFT paratransit service offers an essential shared-ride public transportation service for riders who are less mobile.
Taxis are also going along for the ride. Chicago plans to double its fleet of wheelchair-accessible taxis by 2018, and NYC’s “Taxi of Tomorrow” is wheelchair-friendly and comes equipped with induction loop technology — which magnetically transmits sound to hearing aids and cochlear implants. After all, being able to get around town is the right of every urbanite.
But accessibility isn’t just the domain of mass transit…
Source: Disability: An Upside for Everyone in Unifying Smart City Design
