{"id":4256,"date":"2015-08-21T19:32:59","date_gmt":"2015-08-22T00:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vivanext.com\/blog\/?p=4256"},"modified":"2015-08-21T19:32:59","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T00:32:59","slug":"its-new-and-its-for-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/2015\/08\/21\/its-new-and-its-for-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"it&#8217;s new, and it&#8217;s for everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vivanext.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Aug20_blog_accessible.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4257\" title=\"it's new, and it's for everyone\" src=\"http:\/\/vivanext.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Aug20_blog_accessible.png\" alt=\"it's new, and it's for everyone\" width=\"450\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/vivanext.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Aug20_blog_accessible.png 450w, https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/vivanext.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Aug20_blog_accessible-300x243.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the perks of building a new transit system is that modern technology can be included from the get-go. New transit systems are installed with the newest technology, in the same way that a new computer comes with new software, or a new house has to meet modern building codes.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the new technology is embedded in the vivaNext rapidways \u2013 for example, as a film to strengthen the vivastation glass, or as an additive in the pavement. Modern GPS and transit signal technology help to keep the buses moving on schedule, and new government regulations ensure the system is accessible to all.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the new regulations in the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act [AODA], there is also a new way of thinking \u2013 that our streets should be accessible to everyone. So we\u2019ve made transit a priority. We\u2019ve added bike lanes where possible. And we\u2019ve added tree-lined sidewalks, and crosswalks with audible signals for pedestrians.<\/p>\n<p>Viva has the technology in place to add audible announcements at vivastations, and Viva riders can see and hear when the bus is approaching their station. Each vivastation has a textured platform surface to help customers identify which part of the platform they\u2019re standing on, and when they\u2019re approaching the edge.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s new, and it\u2019s for everyone. Whether you ride a wheelchair, use a cane, push a stroller or ride a bike, the vivaNext rapidways are for you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the perks of building a new transit system is that modern technology can be included from the get-go. New transit systems are installed with the newest technology, in the same way that a new computer comes with new software, or a new house has to meet modern building codes. Some of the new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[162,567,568,569,566,565,7,70],"class_list":["post-4256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessibility-2","tag-accessibility","tag-act","tag-aoda","tag-audible","tag-disabilities","tag-ontarians","tag-vivanext","tag-vivastation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4256"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4259,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4256\/revisions\/4259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}