Accessibility advocates give concrete suggestions to companies building the Metro Manila Subway and North-South Commuter Railway
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FEEDBACK. Ira Cruz of Move As One Coalition, Architect Armand Eustaquio, Bless Adriano and Rhay Janssen Ocay of Kasali Tayo tell transportation officials about their suggestions for upcoming train lines. Photo by Angie de Silva/RapplerThe meeting began with a presentation from Eustaquio, Adriano, Ocay, and Cruz about their concrete suggestions on how to improve upcoming and existing train lines.
Improve stairs by ensuring they feature continuous handrails and limit the use of horizontal metallic edge designs that wear out over time DOTr should support a more regular feedback mechanism and coordination channel between transportation offices, officials, and accessibility advocates, similar to existing channel with government road sector officials.Jorge Müller, who is project director for the North-South Commuter Railway Project, said “many” of the suggestions of the groups are addressed in their current designs.
Akihiko Fujiyoshi, a project director for the Metro Manila Subway Project, gave assurances that, in their system, there would be a much smaller gap in height between the train floor and platform floor, a main complaint about the LRT-1 line. The gap would be 30 millimeters, even smaller, he said, than some trains in Japan that have a gap of 40 millimeters.
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