“Crosswalks in Korea have light bars on the ground to signal people.”
“Some of the chairs in the hospital’s lobby are taller for people who have issues sitting and standing.”
“I thought these umbrella bags were interesting. Longer bags are available on the reverse side.”
"These fold-out chairs are for comfort and to save space."
“An option to open the door with your foot.”
“This water bottle refill station at the airport has saved almost half a million plastic bottles.”
“You can rent battery banks on credit at the shopping mall.”
“The bathroom at DFW airport has lights on the ceiling that turn from green to red if the stall is locked.”
“My new fitted sheet has a pocket on it.”
“3D Printed house, Germany”
“On Hamburg public buses you can take a book for free and return it whenever you’re done.”
“This hospital has a 24/7 healthy food vending machine.”
“This is an escalator for shopping carts.”
“Saw this colorful children’s ambulance at work today.”
“The fluorescent light fixtures in my doctor’s office.”
“Tampa General has large game tablets for kids to play on in the kids waiting area.”
“Manchester UK. The first-ever ‘living wall’ I have ever seen.”
“This stairway with motivational quotes.”
“This elevator with buttons accessible from wheelchairs.”
“This rentable electric scooter has Braille instructions.”
“This fan has strings that tell you what they do.”
“My local playground has a communication board so kids can interact and play if they are deaf or can’t speak the language.”
“My town has a bike pump permanently installed next to the bike lock-up area.”
“My microwave can remind me of dentist appointments and hair cuts.”
“This LEGO person has a seeing-eye dog.”
“My oven shows the time that you started cooking in case you didn’t set a timer.”
“My bracelet came with a paper clip to help fasten the clasp.”
“This is a Hot Wheels toy of a wheelchair athlete.”
“This toilet paper roll contains a mini paper roll to carry with you instead of a hollow cardboard roll!”
“This elevator has buttons for your feet so you don’t have to touch the buttons.”
“This ice alert that turns blue when it’s freezing”
"You can choose the skin color of Santa on GAP socks."
“This LEGO set included a disabled figure and incorporates a wheelchair access ramp into the build.”
“This restaurant I went to has solar-powered phone chargers built into the umbrellas.”
“This cup reveals a photo of a woman when you add liquid.”
“The heart-shaped wax drip from the heart-shaped hole in this candle holder”
“A creative use for wasted sink water”
“This Japanese sink that has a soap dispenser and hand dryer built in”
“The workers of this restaurant will first find out something about you, then design your plate accordingly.”
“This sushi restaurant has tables that simulate traditional Japanese seating while letting you sit normally.”
“This carpet pattern at the Minneapolis Convention Center looks designed to make setting up chairs go faster and easier.”
“A bench designed to include someone in a wheelchair”
“This spaghetti measuring stick with amounts for children, women, and teenagers”
“These trash cans that fit pizza boxes”
“Post-surgery knee tape designed to reduce swelling”
“The wrapping of these empanadas shows the design of the dough to differentiate each type of stuffing.”
“My new backpack has a unique design to prevent floppy straps.”
“This coffee cup guide that lets others know if the person wants to chat or not”
“My gym in Japan is giving out ’bars of gold’ to motivate customers.”
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2019/08/22/why-is-there-braille-me
ssage-my-e-scooter/
“No, blind people aren’t riding scooters. They do, however, need to know how to contact the scooter companies when they encounter the devices, which present a hazard when left lying around.
“We may not ride it, but if we trip over it, we can read the Braille on it and find out who to report it to,” said Shawn Callaway, president of the D.C. Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind. “We want the Braille on them to identify the company and their contact information.”
“These dockless bikes and scooters have not been a friend of the blind community. They are hazardous. People leave them in the middle of the sidewalk, so it is quite dangerous,” he said. “It’s all about inclusion and safety.”
So, instead of using taxpayer funds on things that would be of actual benefit to wheelchair users, like wheelchair-ramps, accessible public bathrooms, wheelchair-friendly sidewalks, accessible water fountains and accessible public bathrooms they came up with a way to modify existing benches in a way that prevents the homeless from sleeping on said benches... What a coincidence.
Spreading joy, where'er you go.
Yes.
What's your point?
That's quite a leap to go from a single bench that allows wheelchair users to sit with their friends to saying the city doesn't also spend money on ramps, etc. I don't see how you can make that extrapolation. In my opinion it says just the opposite, I would bet that this city spends funding on ramps, etc. as well.
#7 in Germany you ll get that for free
#30 shshzt the fzck up and take my money
#3 unless the cover is recyclable....
Would someone who cannot read an usual manual drive an electric scooter?
from Washington Post,
“No, blind people aren’t riding scooters. They do, however, need to know how to contact the scooter companies when they encounter the devices, which present a hazard when left lying around.
“We may not ride it, but if we trip over it, we can read the Braille on it and find out who to report it to,” said Shawn Callaway, president of the D.C. Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind. “We want the Braille on them to identify the company and their contact information.”
“These dockless bikes and scooters have not been a friend of the blind community. They are hazardous. People leave them in the middle of the sidewalk, so it is quite dangerous,” he said. “It’s all about inclusion and safety.”
#43 why? people are all shapes and sizes but we keep setting up graphs and lines and chairs to some arbitrary standards to make life only marginally more efficient
#43, chair sizes, desk heights, etc. are built based on human factors, what size would fit a majority of the population. These are not arbitrary standards but are international standards developed through research.