Tuesday, October 14, 2014

May take public transport to travel blind – Parool.nl

May take public transport to travel blind – Parool.nl

14-10-14 9:55 pm – Source: Reuters

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Blind and visually impaired may soon take on traveling across the public transport. That was already in the train, but at the insistence of the House is also possible in urban and regional.

This has Wilma Mansveld Secretary (Infrastructure) to the House of Representatives. The National Public Transport Consultation (NOVB), where, user organizations and the government down, has found the solution in the NS-business card. That’s for business travelers, but it was decided that the visually impaired are able to make use of.

this year, they can book their trip in advance over the internet and no longer looking for poles to – and check out. Also, they then do not run from the problem that they can not verify that they are properly checked because the beeps of the system are not clear enough.

With the NS-business card it is possible to train , to travel. bus, tram and metro A parliamentary majority had Mansveld called on the initiative of the Christian Union to do everything possible to come with a solution. At The Oogvereniging involved in the consultation process.

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