The lack of wheelchair access on Paris's metro is a ‘big black spot’ in the city’s Olympic legacy, says a leading disability charity
The lack of wheelchair access on Paris's metro is a ‘big black spot’ in the city’s Olympic legacy, says a leading disability charity
Less than 10 per cent of Paris’s metro system currently is wheelchair-accessible. First opening in 1900, the metro now has 320 stations, of which only 29 are accessible to wheelchair users.A number of capitals in Western Europe have metro lines where all stations are wheelchair-accessible, according to their respective government websites. They include Amsterdam, Vienna and Stockholm.
The 55-year-old was travelling from Leeds to London – en route to the French capital – and posted a series of messages about her experience on social media. “It’s the lived experience of disabled people, though, on a daily basis – it just doesn’t get reported,” Ms Briscoe said. “You should, as a disabled person, be able to get on and off a train and go about your daily living but the reality is far more difficult than that.”Inner-city transport has a history of improving after hosting the Olympics and Paralympic Games.
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