Accessibility Tools
See how Coimbra aims to replace outdated trains with an electric Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system—Metrobus—connecting suburbs, universities, and neighbourhoods with fast, accessible, low-emission buses. This innovative network will show how investing in public transport can make city life smoother for students, seniors, and visitors while reducing pollution and traffic jams.
Explore how Porto made its hilly, historic city accessible to all with mapped, step-free routes connecting transport hubs, landmarks, and services. For several years, residents and visitors with reduced mobility could plan journeys easily, thanks to ramps, tactile paths, and a digital app. This pioneering system set a new benchmark for accessibility, though sustaining it long-term proved challenging.
See how Stockholm tested a satellite and audio navigation system, co-designed with users, which guides visually impaired citizens safely around the city using real-time directions, tactile paths, and a mobile app – making independent travel a reality!
Discover how a smartphone app uses audio signals and augmented reality to help blind and visually impaired people navigate complex metro stations, offering independence and confidence – without the need for special equipment or infrastructure.
The ReWild Rangers project, led by young autistic adults through the Count Me In Day Service (Western Care Association), is transforming an unused garden in Ballinamore, Co. Mayo into a biodiverse, community-friendly space. Collaborations with local organisations like Leave No Trace Ireland and Swift Conservation Ireland help expand learning opportunities, provide training, and connect the site to wider conservation efforts.
A path you can hear and feel! Italy’s LVE system blends tactile paving with a smart stick and voice-guided mobile app, giving blind users seamless urban navigation that speaks their language in every sense.
Discover how Madrid is transforming its urban spaces with gender-sensitive design and accessibility upgrades, making the city safer and more welcoming for women, young people, and persons with disabilities.
Learn how a practical guide created in Spain is helping local governments redesign parks, plazas, and public spaces so everyone, including persons with disabilities, can move and participate freely in urban life.
See how Vienna placed accessibility and inclusion at the very heart of its city planning, designing metro, bus and tram stops, and even public spaces and housing, with input from persons with disabilities. This citywide strategy has turned Vienna into one of the world’s most accessible and inclusive capitals, earning global recognition.
Discover how Ljubljana transformed itself into one of Europe’s greenest, most accessible cities, using universal design in transport, public toilets, parks and cultural sites, supported by mobile apps and community input, and awarded as a European accessibility benchmark.