{"id":4368,"date":"2015-11-19T16:20:53","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T21:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vivanext.com\/blog\/?p=4368"},"modified":"2015-11-19T16:20:53","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T21:20:53","slug":"accessible-stations-everyone-is-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/2015\/11\/19\/accessible-stations-everyone-is-welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"accessible stations >> everyone is welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vivanext.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/blog_image_8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4369\" title=\"accessible stations &gt;&gt; everyone is welcome\" src=\"http:\/\/vivanext.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/blog_image_8.png\" alt=\"accessible stations &gt;&gt; everyone is welcome\" width=\"450\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/vivanext.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/blog_image_8.png 450w, https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/vivanext.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/blog_image_8-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the Davis Drive rapidway opening for service soon, we want everyone to feel welcome, and to find it an easy, convenient experience. Whether they have mobility issues or other physical limitations, are pushing a baby stroller, bringing their bike, or pulling a shopping buggy, we want everyone to feel that this transit service is for <em>them<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We consulted with the CNIB and York Region\u2019s Accessibility Committee during the design process, so our vivastations meet local and Provincial accessibility requirements. We also took into consideration our aging population, who appreciate being able to get around easily without a car. So we designed stations for everyone to use, and included these features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Heated, enclosed areas<\/strong> in the centre of the vivastation with doors on each end and a wheelchair-turning radius inside. Radiant heaters are temperature and motion-activated.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Benches<\/strong> in the heated enclosure and outside under the glass canopy. Benches are wood, which doesn\u2019t get as cold as metal in the winter, and they have grab bars for those who would like a little support getting up and down.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fare payment machines that are easy to use<\/strong>, with screens that are angled for people of different heights, and have clear, bright graphics and large buttons.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Informative digital screens<\/strong> [Variable Message Sign or VMS] installed overhead in the centre of each canopy showing when the next bus will arrive, and arrival times are \u2018real-time\u2019 which means they\u2019re updated constantly, based on the location of each bus.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Even platforms without trip hazards <\/strong>or changes to grade, and handrails and shallow inclines on the pedestrian ramps approaching platforms.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tactile surfaces<\/strong> on station platforms, including textured tiles in a contrasting colour at the platform edge and directional tiles where the bus stops \u2013 helpful for those with impaired vision.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Public Address system<\/strong> that can be heard clearly from one end of the station to the other.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Illuminated map boards<\/strong> to make it easy for everyone to plan their route.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Vivastations are designed for all transit riders \u2013 including those who just haven\u2019t used Viva before. Since this is the first east-west Viva route in Newmarket, it might be unfamiliar to some, but rest assured that it will be easy and comfortable to get onboard Viva on Davis Drive. In the first few weeks, Viva staff will be there in person to answer questions, and after that the <a title=\"YRT.ca\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yrt.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">YRT.ca<\/a> website and their <a title=\"contact info for YRT\/Viva Operations\" href=\"http:\/\/yrt.ca\/en\/aboutus\/contactus.asp\" target=\"_blank\">call centre<\/a> [toll free: 1-866-668-3978] will help everyone make their connections. From one end of Newmarket to the other, and to other transit like Viva, YRT and GO Transit \u2013 it\u2019s about connections, made with comfort and convenience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Davis Drive rapidway opening for service soon, we want everyone to feel welcome, and to find it an easy, convenient experience. Whether they have mobility issues or other physical limitations, are pushing a baby stroller, bringing their bike, or pulling a shopping buggy, we want everyone to feel that this transit service is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[603],"tags":[162,434,92,621,49,34,7,70,9],"class_list":["post-4368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commissioning-2","tag-accessibility","tag-commissioning","tag-davis-drive","tag-everyone-is-welcome","tag-newmarket","tag-rapidway","tag-vivanext","tag-vivastation","tag-york-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4368","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=4368"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4373,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4368\/revisions\/4373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}