Metro – Wayfinding – Accessibility

Metro4All for Warsaw

05.05.2014


We updated Metro4All application with the accessibility data for Warsaw metro system, added Polish language support and made a lot of other improvements.

Now residents and visitors of the Polish capital are able to see how many obstacles they will encounter on each route through the subway and choose the most accessible one. Metro4All app contains data about all 21 stations of Warsaw metro.

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A few statistical outcomes from the data collected in Warsaw:
- total number of routes – 304 (152 entrance routes and 152 exit routes);
- total number of elevators – 64;
- number of routes equipped with elevators – 200 (66% of total number);
- average number of steps for a route – 50;
- number of step-free routes – 105 (34,5%).

Also the application provides for the schemes of all stations of Warsaw metro. The schemes include the description of all barriers (stairs length, railings availability, width of turnstiles and doors, ramps slope, width of escalators and elevators) and subway exits directions:

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Data collection and programming work took place in Warsaw from 23/04 till 27/04 and were supported by Fundacja ePaństwo.

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