"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
10/25/2020 at 13:15 • Filed to: psa, wheelchair, accessibility
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"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
10/25/2020 at 13:15 • Filed to: psa, wheelchair, accessibility | 3
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Here’s a way to contribute to the two-wheelers among us: by adding useful information about wheelchair access. (And for the two-wheelers on Oppo: you probably already know about this site, but if not, I hope it helps.)
Comment from the co-founder when this was posted on Hacker News:
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We also try to standardize accessibility data on
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Sadly there are a lot of challenges I never thought about previously; one of the key features of this service is the ability to identify toilets that are accessible.
The Wheelmap criteria for a wheelchair accessible toilet:
Doorway’s inner width is minimally 90 cm (35 in)
Clear floor space is at least 150 cm × 150 cm (59 x 59 in)
Wheelchair-height toilet seat
Folding grab rails (or something similar)
Wheelchair accessible hand basin
Since it’s backed by OpenStreetMap, you can use a variety of mobile apps to contribute better data in addition to Wheelmap.org itself . ( I occasionally would edit something in OSM, but the sheer volume of missing data in my city is so depressing I gave up on it. This might be motivation to do more of that.)
Urambo Tauro
> Just Jeepin'
10/25/2020 at 15:20 |
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I wish businesses were more considerate about wheelchair accessibility. Seems like they’re just barely meeting minimum requirements and not actually taking in the spirit of the thing. Heck I’m not even a wheelchair user, and I notice things like
fueling stations filling their building’s sidewalks with ice machines and racks of washer fluid so that there’s no clear path between the ramp and the raised entrance (
example
)
parking spaces with an access aisle on only one side, so that some drivers are forced to back into the space in order to deploy a ramp (
example
)
