[Accessibility] Low Floor Public Transport

[Dietmar]

Hello Thomas,

on the german talk-de, we had a controverse debate about this a few month
ago whitout a solution.

I can describe you the situation in my town Augsburg, in south of Germany.

We have some lines with this LFV and with electric ramps in the vehicles.

But one or more lines have a mix of the new LFV vehicle and older ones,
where wheelchair people can only enter hardly.

And we have two stop position on a wide road with no border, where old
vehicle cannot be used by them and on the LFV the ramp incline is higher.

I personaly use the wheelchair=yes/no on every stop position.

If you'r in the good position, that a line will be only used by LFVs and all
stops are well prepared for use by wheelchair people, you could add if on
the hole relation.

Greetings,

Dietmar



> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: accessibility-bounces at openstreetmap.org
> [mailto:accessibility-bounces at openstreetmap.org]Im Auftrag von Thomas
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> Gesendet am: Mittwoch, 22. Dezember 2010 10:36
> An: accessibility at openstreetmap.org
> Betreff: [Accessibility] Low Floor Public Transport
>
> Hi there,
>
> Is  there any consensus on how to tag Public Transport route-relations
> that are served by low floor vehicles (LFV)?
>
> I  think  a  "wheelchair=yes/limited/no"  is  too narrow, as we should
> focus  on  the  type  of  construction.  LFV  also  ease  the  use for
> strollers, cyclists and disabled people that do not need a wheelchair.
>
> So I'd suggest tagging the relations with "low_floor=yes/partly/no".
>
> Any comments?
>
>
> Regards,
> Thomas
>
>
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