Xu Hui
For people with visual impairment and mobility difficulties, blind roads and barrier-free passages are their "navigators" and "life roads", which guide their travel safety.
Recently, some media reported that since its launch in November 2022, barrier-free navigation has covered 30 cities in China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Changsha and Jinan, making it the first nationwide barrier-free map navigation. According to reports, as of October 27, 2023, the navigation has provided 24 million barrier-free route planning, which greatly helped wheelchair users to travel. The navigation is also called "wheelchair navigation".
In real life, blind roads and barrier-free passages are illegally occupied or damaged from time to time. Some blind roads are set up with seven twists and turns or suddenly "decapitated", which makes them feel at a loss and fearful; Some of them are badly worn and faded. Some barrier-free passages are not standardized, either with steep slopes or hidden and remote, which is very inconvenient; More is occupied by debris or parking, which not only hinders the function, but also poses a hidden danger to public safety.
Blind roads and barrier-free passages, as important supporting facilities for urban road construction, are designed to provide convenience and safety for the visually impaired and the mobility impaired. They are not only the embodiment of a city’s humanistic care, but also the yardstick to measure a city’s civilization. For people with visual impairment and mobility difficulties, blind roads and barrier-free passages are their "navigators" and "life roads", guiding their travel safety and escorting the disabled to better integrate into society and improve their happiness.
Blind roads can’t be "too busy", and there can be love without "obstruction". How to standardize the management and use of blind roads and barrier-free passages, we may wish to start from the following three aspects:
First, strengthen publicity and education to enhance the awareness of civilization. Through community billboards, television, newspapers and other channels, publicize the importance of urban blind roads and barrier-free passages, enhance the awareness of protection, and raise the city temperature.
The second is to strengthen law enforcement inspections and carry out centralized rectification. On the basis of strengthening daily law enforcement inspections, we will carry out centralized rectification of malicious occupation of blind roads and barrier-free passages to help citizens develop good behavior norms.
The third is to strengthen intelligent construction and optimize service functions. Develop "blind APP", popularize "wheelchair navigation", and set up barrier-free visual, auditory, tactile and voice systems to make it easier and more leisurely for people with disabilities to travel.
Editor in charge: Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Service Center