The redesign of traffic light images takes place on the occasion of International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
Stay on red, roll on green: London transport companies have equipped pedestrian traffic lights with symbols for wheelchair users rather than pedestrians in several locations across the British capital. Green traffic lights come in two versions: a female person in an electric wheelchair and a man in a conventional wheelchair.
The traffic lights were installed near five different subway stations with access for disabled people, including at London Toweras the transport company Transport for London announced on Friday.
The occasion is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, this Sunday.
The idea comes from the three-time Olympic rowing champion, Pete Reed, who depends on a wheelchair since a spinal cord heart attack. “One day in 2019, everything changed for me. My life as a full-time wheelchair user brings with it a whole series of demands that can be drastically alleviated by better access and transport for wheelchair users (…)”, they mentioned. he said transportation services.