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Mapping for accessibility

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Update

Ideas from 2021 on mapping accessible/inaccessible places, below. Here’s a more recent article about Wheelmap

This Map Helps You Find Wheelchair Accessible Places In London

Heard of Wheelmap?

londonist.com

This Map Helps You Find Wheelchair Accessible Places In London • londonist.com

The challenge

The June 2021 issue of the EC1Echo highlighted ways in which social distancing measures could make streets less accessible for wheelchair uses and others with disabilities.

Access all areas

By Oliver Bennett Clerkenwell resident and junior doctor Grace Spence Green tells EC1 Echo how our area could be better equipped to improve disabled people’s lives Since she became a wheelchair use…

www.ec1echo.co.uk

Access all areas • www.ec1echo.co.uk

There’s more in the Guardian

Remote working has been life-changing for disabled people, don’t take it away now | Frances Ryan

In the rush to go ‘back to normal’, must we sacrifice all the gains that have been made on disability inclusion, asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Remote working has been life-changing for disabled people, don’t take it away now | Frances Ryan • www.theguardian.com

Tables blocking the road. Chairs over flat kerbs. Gazebos built on accessible parking. The surge in street dining since lockdown eased in England has been great for businesses, but not so much for wheelchair users and people with mobility conditions, who report being unable to get around their home towns due to the new blockages.

The idea

David Wilcox suggested mapping routes to show problems

Example of a solution

This mapping could draw on 20 minute neighbourhood planning

20-Minute Neighbourhoods

Victoria Walks assessed the walkability of three neighbourhoods as part of the 20-Minute Neighbourhood Pilot Program

20-Minute Neighbourhoods •

Here’s an example from there

What would it take

Maybe mapping for accessibility could build on Islington’s people-friendly streets initiative

How to improve travel in islington?

Islington Council want to hear your ideas for making Islington's streets better for walking and cycling and maintaining social distancing as we adapt to a new transport environment.

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How to improve travel in islington? • islingtonpeoplefriendlystreets.commonplace.is

The Living Streets organisation might have some ideas through their London Footways project - “The Footways network has been curated to connect major places with appealing and accessible streets. “

Here’s help from City Hall

Creating a London Accessible to all

Guidance on the London Plan policies regarding accessibility in the capital.

www.london.gov.uk

Creating a London Accessible to all • www.london.gov.uk

The London Plan includes a number of policies which promote the development of an inclusive environment. The Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) on Accessible London provides advice on implementing inclusive design principles effectively, and on creating an accessible environment in London. This SPG has particular emphasis on the access needs of the capital’s disabled and older people.

A quick online search yielded the Complete Streets toolkit