Congrats on 20K Geoff

I'm quite glad you didn't....!

@@creativedlc thanks will GA will run with the class 720 trains

@@danielangelov5070 I'm not sure how you mean sorry?

Have you seen the class 720s yet

i can confirm that i thought my humour was bad, but Dominic's is worse ... yes. ;-)

Great video guys

Keep them in, the pandemic is awful as it is and some of us need some light/ dark relief!

@@maryapatterson trust me, my jokes are banned under the Geneva Convention.

Very good video. Many people do not think about the troubles that come up by making an accessible ride. Sidenote: Nice umbrella. There is no way to get such an umbrella now?

excellent point, yes!!

Yea that's a good point.

I actually found him more difficult to understand with that mask on, compared to his other masks.

They do... Then mine fell off on the floor and I didn't have a spare! So annoyed at myself.

where does one procure one these masks? even tho as far as i know im not deaf working in a loud kitchen i wish we all had these!

If you want to know more, do reach out to me on LinkedIn.

I used to work in public transport and one of my jobs was programming bus destination displays. I made sure they were in mixed-case as it’s much easier to read than all-caps. I’m dyslexic and it really does make a difference. Same with a bank card PIN: some people can learn the pattern on the keypad more easily than the actual digits.

Most people while learning to read progress from picking out letters to word shapes and partial phrase shapes, even sometimes whole phrases. Unfamiliar forms force us back to letter picking and so slow down comprehension even for the fully sighted. Even slight diminution of visual acuity can make that considerably more difficult and reduce unconventional signage to ilegibility.

Excellent point. My son has learning disabilities and he reads by word shape...and yet (because he cant tell me) it had never occurred to me that dot matrix text is hard to read.

'Rail professional'. In other words a manager. Please don't take this personally, but this is the trouble with our hierarchical society, those who have the power to choose how we do things are not always the best people to make those choices. As an experiment, you could survey Rail Workers who work in close proximity to the travelling Public, to find out how many of them would have known about 'the shape of words being important' on signage. You might be surprised at the result.

Except of course that the video DOESN'T educate anyone about the deadly SERIOUS NEED for QUIET segregation, NOT all open ONLY! Some disabled folk like me NEED quiet, proper quiet, not just a mere "figure of speech"!

@@majorpygge-phartt2643 Thanks for adding your point. I know that there is much I don't know about accessible transportation and am always grateful to be taught more. I never thought about quiet issue before, even though I know a man who has an autism spectrum disorder, and needs as much quiet as he can get to remain calm and peaceful (a right we all have).Hopefully, better education will improve my understanding of the needs of all people and to advocate for changes and improvements as I learn of such needs. Thanks again for taking the time to comment.

@@coach53yt At last a remotely positive response from someone. No-one involved in passenger transport design EVER thinks about anyone like me, instead they're far too often just grossly ignorant and don't want to know when I fully justifiably complain. There's far too much of a widespread attitude of casually "playing down" and trivialising the absolutely APPALLING problems faced by folk like me, and no way am I a "one off", no chance, those in authority have absolutely NO IDEA of how brutally severe it is for those like me, and there's far too much propaganda being spread about that the new all open trains are somehow "fully inclusive" which is absolute insanity, honestly it makes me feel just like furiously swearing. Perhaps it's time I got my nice big powerful megaphone out and went down to the local mp's office and gave her some stick seeing as she absolutely will not answer ANY of my letters or emails, no matter HOW polite and civilised I am or what the subject. There's far too much blatant widespread ignorance around folk like me and far too much obsession with forced integration and "fit in or get lost" etc.

Oy vey!

Honestly! the amount of times I’ve just gone well I guess that announcement wasn’t important because I couldn’t process it due to lack of clarity

@@eiypo I have ADHD and have always struggled with instructions over tannoys. I hadn't even thought that my ADHD might be part of the cause.

I can promise that was restrained. Have a search for the Loopwheels Extreme video by ReviewMyWheelchair

Isn't dramatic enough for you?

I'm not vision impaired but I am aware that lower case is much easier to read in bulk than capitals. I've sometimes had difficulty in persuading people to take the caps-lock off. There is a man who posts videos of Australian tramways and he will use all capitals in a font which is too large; it's often inpossible to read in the time the video allows.

I think the uk was one of the first places to do this on normal road signs as most places just assumed all-caps was clearer, but the MOT or someone actually tested it and realised the difference.... i think a lot of places are still catching up.

@@mralistair737 I would like the instructions in leaflets, but mainly Terms & Conditions, which might use lower case, but print grey on white, or use other light colours in a white background. This is difficult for visually impaired readers.

@@GuyArab I struggle with those and i'm only +4 long sighted! which is sort of the point as well.. improving accessibilitiy makes a big difference to the disabled, but also improves things for everyone.. Eg people with prams all benefit from the ramps and extra space, those projecting ramps stop drunk / elderly / kids falling down the gaps.... etc etc etc. There is a cost, but ultimately doing things properly pays for itself.

@@Einveldi The result of the Warboys Report, and the 'Transport' font used designed by Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert. www.roads.org.uk/fonts

it normally depends on the TOC

“Well you don’t look bigoted, but there we go”.

who the heck challenges you? surely you should be able to use the loo in peace ...

@@geofftech2 I simply said, "I have rights just like everyone else who are disabled, because not all of them are visible, if you choose to be ignorant that's your choice, not mine" left them stunned

@@geofftech2 you’d have thought so wouldn’t you. I was in a pub last year, with both my F-in-law and I in wheelchairs, and a young lady came up and asked whether *we* minded if she used the accessible loo. Clearly wearing a sunflower lanyard, but she has had so many people challenge her... fortunately we were able to give her at least some confidence boost.

This probably why in Australia accessable public toilets are open access to all now. As it simplifys disabled peoples access to the toilets just go in no doors to unlock. It also helps those who have less obvious disabilities to use the toilets un hassled.

Same here. Thanks Geoff!

I travel on the new Stadlers quite often, and they certainly have pros and cons. Didn't know about the press and hold on the door buttons, that's a great little tip.

They all should have it, cheaper than making platforms same height buses have them

@@archiemt74 The only issue with the buses is that they either don't work or the bus driver, usually due to other issues, if he doesn't line up properly with the pavement, then he may have to maneuver a couple of times. Everybody's normally pretty patient.

@@maryapatterson but with trains it should be very predictable, as train will align with each platform the same way each time. worst case you have to setup the system for particular stations on the line

​@@BladedFish the aventra family from Alstom also have a similar feature, using the door open button instead of a dedicated button. Sadly this isn't accessible from the exterior of the train on the Elizabeth line due to the edge doors

Agreed - this video showed it all going according to plan, and on some of the only trains in the UK with level boarding, which makes a HUGE difference. Even so nothing was completely simple, but it was great to see the generally excellent travel assistance at work. We've all had bad experiences but in the main I think the train and bus companies work really hard to make travel as accessible as they can.

Wheelchair user, wheelchair freed maybe. She’d be a lot more “bound” without it.

Please don’t tie your mother to her wheelchair

How is this a surprise? I'm confused by this notion that the shapes of letters and words wouldn't be important. Congratulations you've just discovered written language 🙄.

it was a brilliant moment! i had no idea you could do that!!

@@geofftech2 Tiny things like that show somebody cared enough to design it in.

@@gordonmcmillan4709 exactly, nowadays a few lines of code (or lack thereof) can make or break someone's day!

Thanks so much!

It is nice to see that the world is coming together help make life more accessible for wheelchair users like ourselves.

Try Tom Scott’s videos! Oddly I learned about him from this channel, from the game show Lateral!

thank you Nathan! due to Tom (mentoned in the other comment here) i have now started to subtitle my videos, and i also knew that i couldn't have a video about accessibility, and NOT subtitle it! so i have now started subtitling all my new videos ...

The tube is really not accessible even the stations that claim to be often aren’t