Rail accessibility and inclusion news – Page 8

  • Cubic Transportation Systems is developing augmented reality technology for mobile devices with the aim of enhancing the public transport user experience for passengers with disabilities.
    Metro Report International

    Using technology to empower passengers with disabilities

    2018-09-07T06:00:00Z

    WAYFINDING: Cubic Transportation Systems is developing augmented reality technology for mobile devices with the aim of enhancing the public transport user experience for passengers with disabilities. While transport operators are meeting the letter of accessibility laws, ‘we believe we can take it ...

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    Rail Business UK

    Accessibility advisers help improve Flirt UK trains

    2018-08-18T06:00:00Z

    UK: Greater Anglia recently took a wheelchair-using passenger, a blind person and a visually impaired person plus his guide dog to Stadler’s factory at Bussnang in Switzerland to test prototype ramps for the future Flirt UK multiple-unit fleet. During a previous visit, the group had suggested a number of ...