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Posted July 31st, 2008 in access guides and helpful information

Here is a nice blog post pertaining to accessible travel information in Tokyo, Japan.

http://www.thetokyotraveler.com/accessible-tokyo/ 

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Posted July 21st, 2008 in access guides and helpful information

New accessible travel platform nobatravel.at. It’s a  community for accessible travel in austria, including accomodations, ratings and travelogues. Maybe you will have a look…?

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Posted July 19th, 2008 in access guides, general news and helpful information

The National Park Service has launched a Web site for visitors with disabilities and other special needs to help them find accessible trails, programs and activities at national parks.

The Web site — www.nps.gov/pub_aff/access/index.htm— is called “National Parks: Accessible to Everyone.”

Many individual parks have sections on their Web sites about accessibility, and the new national database is a work in progress, incorporating information as it becomes available.

The site lists places where signed interpreters can be arranged for the hearing-impaired and where visitor centers have captioned movies or services for visually impaired park-goers. There are also detailed descriptions of trails, including the type of surface, for visitors who have mobility handicaps or use wheelchairs.

Associated Press

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Posted June 10th, 2008 in access guides, general news and helpful information

NEW DELHI: Physically challenged persons in the Capital who are unable to use public transport in its prevalent form will soon have access to disabled-friendly means of travel. The Union Urban Development Ministry has asked the Delhi Chief Secretary to draw up a road map for making public transport in the city disabled-friendly.In a letter shot off by the Ministry, attention has been drawn to the challenges that the disabled face while using public transport. Union Urban Development Secretary M. Ramachandran, who is also the chairperson of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, has said in the letter: “It is often noticed that various road infrastructure including pedestrian paths, pedestrian crossings, bus stations, buses, etc., are not properly designed so as to be accessible to physically challenged persons thereby rendering their movement extremely difficult.”

“Even after thirteen years of passing of the Act by Parliament, the implementation in the field is not significant,” he lamented.

To make road infrastructure and transport projects easily accessible for the physically challenged, the Secretary has suggested that the State Government “either design a special bus service for physically challenged persons on the lines of ‘Dial-a-Bus’ service in the United States of America or make all the buses physically challenged-friendly.”

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Posted January 27th, 2008 in access guides and helpful information

Easy Access Chicago - Accessible Access GuideIn conjunction with the Open Doors Association the city of Chicago has released a new access guide - “Easy Access Chicago.”

It has information on the accessibility of transportation, lodgings, restaurants, sporting events, theatres , tours, attractions, and more.

Visit there website, http://www.easyaccesschicago.org, for the details where you can view the information online, download the PDF version, or order a hard copy.

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