How to create a barrier-free route: eight steps to a space where everyone is comfortable

When we talk about accessibility, most people think of a ramp at the entrance or a sign in Braille. In fact, it is much broader than individual elements: barrier-free is the logic of human movement in the city .

A barrier-free route is a path that anyone can take: a person with a disability, a mother with a stroller, an elderly person, a schoolboy with a backpack, a busy passerby looking at his phone. This is a route where you don't have to ask for help or overcome dangerous areas.

Usually, key facilities are connected in this way: hospitals, administrative buildings, cultural institutions, etc. Therefore, a person should be able to leave their home, walk the route unhindered, get inside the building, and most importantly, get the service they need.

Barrier-free route as a training ground

We are constantly talking about the need for barrier-free access. But it requires competence to create it.

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