Lisbon’s Lousy Lifts: Horrible Metro Accessibility

by Geordie TravellerThe BlogPosted on Comments are Disabled

It may seem rather strange to write a new travel blog entry discussing the elevators of an underground metro system, but a year on from my three-night stopover in Lisbon and shoddy lifts remain my prevailing memory. (Pictures at the end of the post). It began with a passing comment, as I neared the top of an exceedingly long staircase at Baixo-Chiado station, seated in my wheelchair and perched on a platform stairlift. One of …

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FAUX ACCESS: The infuriating rise in accessibility not quite being up to scratch.

by Fê KüsterThe BlogPosted on Comments are Disabled

This blog post was written by guest writer: Fê Küster. As the partner of a wheelchair user, I often find bits of fake accessibility that I never would have noticed before our relationship started. Now not only are they noticeable, but they’re inconvenient and irritating. Nowadays, going to places with impossibly steep ramps, places with the tiniest of hallways, and places in which even the ramps to cross the street (drop curbs) are not smooth, …

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