You Want to be Safe on Your Island? Maybe not with Floating bus Stops

In episode 51 the Triple vision talks transportation, specifically "floating" bus stops with guest host Richard Marion and First Vice President of the Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians Linda Bartram. "Floating" bus stops or "island" bus stops are bus stops which pedestrians must access by crossing an often-uncontrolled bike lane. While part of "active" transportation measures, they also pose obvious dangers to all kinds of pedestrians, especially individuals who are blind, deafblind, or have low vision. In this episode Linda talks with Karoline and Richard about the efforts made by the blind community in Victoria to ensure the safety of blind pedestrians while travelling across bike lanes to reach island bus stops. Their advocacy efforts eventually led to a decision of the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal, which, although it ruled in their favour, imposed a mitigation measure which was problematic, and has far-reaching implications. "the thing is we’re seeing a lot of multi-use pathways which we’re being expected to interact with, that is cyclists and other pathway users. Those are happening everywhere. This is an active transportation initiative for climate change, but while we’re not against active transportation initiatives, just don’t create a barrier when you’re doing it."