Re: [OSM-talk] Wheelchair accessibility

2017-09-21 Thread Andy Townsend
On 21/09/2017 13:19, Clifford Snow wrote: ... which makes it difficult for some people in wheelchairs to access. Even though the requirement is there, I would probably mark it as inaccessible. Funnily enough, someone at a recent OSM East Mids meetup mentioned exactly that sort of issue -

Re: [OSM-talk] Wheelchair accessibility

2017-09-21 Thread Clifford Snow
Seattle has the same requirement that buses and bus stops be wheelchair accessible. However, on some of the bus stops on steep streets, the ramp (not sure exactly what's its call) that extends out from the bus, hits the pavement on one side, but the other end is extended off the pavement which

Re: [OSM-talk] Wheelchair accessibility

2017-09-21 Thread Philip Barnes
I did mean to say 'in the UK'. Phil (trigpoint) On 21 September 2017 13:07:44 BST, Andy Mabbett wrote: >On 21 September 2017 at 08:17, Philip Barnes >wrote: > >> As far as I am aware, all bus routes have to be wheelchair accessible >by >> law.

Re: [OSM-talk] Wheelchair accessibility

2017-09-21 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 21 September 2017 at 08:17, Philip Barnes wrote: > As far as I am aware, all bus routes have to be wheelchair accessible by > law. This very much depends on the jurisdiction. Please remember that this is a global mailing list. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing

Re: [OSM-talk] Wheelchair accessibility

2017-09-21 Thread john whelan
>As far as I am aware, all bus routes have to be wheelchair accessible by law. Unfortunately the law in different countries is not the same. Locally it is not a legal requirement but the province gives partial funding to accessible buses. Cheerio John On 21 September 2017 at 03:17, Philip

Re: [OSM-talk] Wheelchair accessibility

2017-09-21 Thread Philip Barnes
As far as I am aware, all bus routes have to be wheelchair accessible by law. They certainly all use low floor kneeling buses locally. Phil On 21 September 2017 06:22:06 BST, Maarten Deen wrote: >On 2017-09-20 23:10, john whelan wrote: >> I was at a presentation yesterday

Re: [OSM-talk] Wheelchair accessibility

2017-09-20 Thread Maarten Deen
On 2017-09-20 23:10, john whelan wrote: I was at a presentation yesterday evening about accessibility, well it was free coffee what more can I say? All Ottawa buses have two spaces for wheelchairs. We map wheelchair accessible toilets and other things for the map but we currently as far as I

Re: [OSM-talk] Wheelchair accessibility

2017-09-20 Thread john whelan
nstreetmap.org> > *Envoyé le :* mercredi 20 Septembre 2017 17h13 > *Objet :* [OSM-talk] Wheelchair accessibility > > I was at a presentation yesterday evening about accessibility, well it was > free coffee what more can I say? > > All Ottawa buses have two spaces for wheelc

Re: [OSM-talk] Wheelchair accessibility

2017-09-20 Thread john whelan
If you look at wheelchair.org then zoom into an Ottawa bus stop it flags to ask the question is it wheelchair accessible? Perhaps that is the answer. Tag all the OC transpo bus stops wheelchair accessible? Cheerio John On 20 Sep 2017 5:17 pm, "James" wrote: > I don't

Re: [OSM-talk] Wheelchair accessibility

2017-09-20 Thread Pierre Béland
Envoyé le : mercredi 20 Septembre 2017 17h13 Objet : [OSM-talk] Wheelchair accessibility I was at a presentation yesterday evening about accessibility, well it was free coffee what more can I say? All Ottawa buses have two spaces for wheelchairs.  We map wheelchair accessible toilets and

[OSM-talk] Wheelchair accessibility

2017-09-20 Thread john whelan
I was at a presentation yesterday evening about accessibility, well it was free coffee what more can I say? All Ottawa buses have two spaces for wheelchairs. We map wheelchair accessible toilets and other things for the map but we currently as far as I am aware we don't include information on