Similar to the pair of traffic lights in Vienna some time ago, London has now introduced wheelchair users as traffic light symbols. One variant is with an electric wheelchair.
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.
Traffic lights have been installed near five different tube stations with disabled access, including at the Tower of London, transport company Transport for London announced on Friday. The occasion is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, this Sunday.
Three-time Olympic champion, Pete Reed, in a wheelchair since 2019
The idea comes from three-time Olympic rowing champion Pete Reed, who has been confined to a wheelchair since suffering 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 requirements that can be drastically eased by better access and traffic for wheelchair users (…),” he said, citing the transport company. (APA)