It's now a green light, pedestrians please cross the crosswalk. "At 12:30 noon on January 6, at the intersection of Shuangqing Middle Road and Jinxi Road, Qingyang District, Chengdu, the traffic lights on the side were broadcasting voice reports on the real-time traffic conditions. Turn right from Jinxi Road for about 1 kilometer, and voice announcers are installed at the traffic lights at the two major traffic intersections.
Behind the installation of the voice broadcaster is the small wish of Chengdu mother Hong Yan. Hong Yan's child, Junbo (pseudonym), is a visually impaired child with total blindness in his left eye and residual vision in his right eye after wearing glasses2. You have to go to and from school alone along this road every day, and you must be extra careful every time you cross the street.
In December last year, Hong Yan dialed 12345**, hoping to add a voice announcer to the traffic light. After receiving the appeal, the staff of the Equipment Department of the Fourth Branch of the Chengdu Traffic Police quickly took action and maintained close communication with Hong Yan, including understanding the setting of the direction of the horn and the broadcast schedule, etc., how to meet the needs of the children to go to school without disturbing the people.
Now that the voice announcer has been activated, Hong Yan expressed her gratitude and believes that the construction of barrier-free facilities not only benefits disabled friends, but also helps everyone.
A traffic light with a voice announcer installed.
January 8th. The relevant personnel of the Fourth Branch of the Chengdu Traffic Police told Xiaobu.
Presently. Chengdu has introduced a number of traffic light voice equipment
It will be installed in the main urban area
Provide convenience and support for special populations on a larger scale.
"A spark can start a prairie fire".
The wish to make the traffic light "sound" come true.
Hong Yan, who lives in Chengdu, is the parent of a child with low vision. Her 11-year-old son, Junbo, is blind in his left eye due to a congenital eye disease, and has 0 in his right eye after wearing glasses2 of the residual vision belongs to the visually impaired children.
Junbo is currently attending a regular school, and he has been attending school alone since the fourth grade of elementary school. "At first, I was still worried about him, so I would quietly follow the child and ask him to bring a blind cane. Later, I found out that he could go to and from school on his own, so I exercised his independence. Now that I'm familiar with the road conditions, I don't need a cane. Hong Yan said.
Junbo's home is near Jinxi Road in Qingyang District, Chengdu, and the school he attends is about 1 kilometer away from his home, which takes about 20 minutes to walk. On the way to school, he has to turn right along Jinxi Road, follow Shuangqing Middle Road and then to Tongsheng Road, there will be two large traffic intersections along the way.
Junbo is not only visually impaired, but also photophobic, so although he can distinguish colors when crossing the street, the light is slightly stronger, so he can only squint and try to distinguish traffic lights. Both Mom and Junbo hope that they can install voice announcers at the traffic lights in these two places to make it easier to cross the street.
In December last year, Hong Yan reported to the Fourth Branch of the Chengdu Traffic Police, and dialed 12345** to put forward her own appeal, hoping to add a voice broadcaster to the traffic light.
Two days laterI received a call back from the equipment department of the fourth branch of the traffic police, informing me that they were preparing the equipment and would install it as soon as possible. Hong Yan said her appeal was quickly answered. Hong Yan hopes to understand the installation process, "Basically every day, the staff will communicate with me about the installation details, and also according to the children's school commuting time and walking routes, the equipment will be rectified twice." ”
Almost 5 days, two sets of traffic light voice equipment are installed. "After installing the voice announcer, it was really much better for me. Not only did it remind me, but it also reminded a lot of children who passed by. Junbo said.
RecentlyXiaobu saw at the scene that within 1 kilometer along the way, the direction of the horn and the voice reminder time at the traffic lights at the above intersection were consistent with Junbo's commuting route.
A traffic light with a voice announcer installed.
It's now a green light, pedestrians please cross the crosswalk. "At 12:30 p.m., this is the time period when voice is allowed on the traffic light. According to reports, there are many residential areas around, in order not to disturb the people, the relevant departments have carried out corresponding control of the traffic light voice broadcast time period and volume, every morning, noon, afternoon segmented broadcast, the total time does not exceed 4 hours. In this way, it can not only meet the needs of children and the elderly including Junbo to cross the road conveniently, but also avoid affecting the residents.
This result moved Hong Yan very much, "Environmental barrier-free is not a person's business, nor is it a group of people's business, it is everyone's business, it concerns everyone, and a spark can start a prairie fire." ”
"It's not that people don't understand, but they don't understand."
Mom has repeatedly called for barrier-free facilities
Convenient for more people.
Hong Yan said that she has been paying attention to everything that children come into contact with, such as whether there are large fonts in the teaching materials, whether there are obstacles on the road, and whether the blind roads are sound.
On September 1, 2023, the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Construction of a Barrier-free Environment came into force. When the law was promulgated, Hong Yan was particularly excited, feeling that there was finally a law to follow, which could better solve the "urgent, difficult, and longing" problems of some environmental construction facilities, and help the disabled and the elderly integrate into social life more fully and conveniently.
Later, it was found that although the law existed, it was still unclear when and how it could be implemented. Hong Yan said that she happened to notice a mother of a low-vision child in Tianjin sharing her experience of building a barrier-free environment in the local area.
Hong Yan suddenly realized, "Everyone's needs are different, we have to speak up bravely, and if you have a need, put it forward." "It's not that people don't understand, but they don't understand."”
Hong Yan said she didn't want Junbo to be given special care, "All he needs is a reasonable range of support, he doesn't need to be treated differently, and he doesn't need to be protected (isolated)." ”
In addition to calling 12345**, Hong Yan has also made suggestions to residential communities and schools.
At the beginning of December last year, Hong Yan began to report to the community, "There are several gray cement steps at the small gate at the entrance and exit of the community. Junbo will come in and out every day, and although he has never fallen after years of experience, it is still not friendly to Junbo, who has low vision and no stereoscopic vision. He would deliberately stop and stare at the walk. ”
Hong Yan suggested to the property of the community, "There are many elderly people and children who enter and exit through this small door every day, and in order to avoid accidents, it is recommended to install obvious warning signs on the steps." The property staff quickly carried out the renovation and put yellow and black warning strips on the edges of the steps, a small measure that made it much easier for everyone. ”
Warning strips are posted at the entrances and exits of the community.
In order to better integrate into society, Junbo went to an ordinary school. Hong Yan said that the stairs of the school's teaching building are pink floor tiles, and the stairs are divided into up and down with yellow paint in the middle, and there are also warning signs, "but what I don't understand is that the warning signs are posted on the façade of the stairs instead of the steps, so you can only see them when you go upstairs, and when you go downstairs, you can see the yellow paint separation line in the middle, and there is a piece of pink under your feet." Just a few days ago, Junbo went downstairs and broke his foot. ”
Hong Yan left a message through the mailbox of the school's *** principal to ask for rectification, and finally got a reply, "Children can take the elevator upstairs in the morning." As for the problems you raised, if you can rectify them, they will be rectified immediately. ”
The school's reply to Hong Yan.
With such a result, Hong Yan, as a parent, was both moved and grateful. Hong Yan believes that the construction of these barrier-free facilities not only benefits disabled friends, but also helps everyone. "When we go to train stations and airports, many large screens have large scrolling fonts, which are not only needed by people with low vision, but also by the elderly and people with high myopia. Therefore, these barrier-free environment modifications are not only beneficial to special groups, but also helpful to everyone, but the final design may make special groups more convenient. ”
"Facilitate a wider range of special populations".
Chengdu has carried out in-depth construction of barrier-free scenes.
In addition to Jinxi Road, many intersections in Chengdu are installed with traffic light voice prompters, Xiaobu learned that a total of 262 sets of traffic light blind sound prompters (voice prompters) equipment have been installed in the central city of Chengdu.
On January 8, the relevant personnel of the Fourth Branch of the Chengdu Traffic Police said that Chengdu has introduced a number of traffic light voice equipment, which will be installed in the main urban area to provide convenience and support for special groups of people on a larger scale.
Traffic light voice prompters are just one part of accessibility. According to reports, the "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Construction of a Barrier-free Environment" came into effect last year, which marks a new process of barrier-free rule of law in China. As a new first-tier city, Chengdu focuses on promoting the construction of a barrier-free environment, and deeply implements the construction of barrier-free scenes, with the coordinated participation of multiple departments such as housing and construction, urban management, public security, traffic management, civil affairs, and the Disabled Persons' Federation. In 2023, Chengdu will implement 533 top ten projects for a happy and beautiful life, including the construction of barrier-free facilities, "continue to build and improve barrier-free facilities in community roads, residential green spaces, supporting public facilities, residential buildings, parking lots (libraries) and other areas, and promote the addition of no less than 1,500 elevators in old communities." ”
Previously, the "14th Five-Year Plan for the Protection and Development of Persons with Disabilities in Chengdu" made it clear that it is necessary to optimize the development environment for the cause of persons with disabilities, promote barrier-free travel, implement barrier-free home, and promote barrier-free public service facilities. Specifically, by 2025, barrier-free facilities in residential roads, residential green spaces, supporting public facilities, residential buildings, parking lots (libraries) and other areas will be built and improved, and the barrier-free rate of new and old public places will reach %.
According to the data, in 2023, the Chengdu Disabled Persons' Federation will complete the barrier-free renovation of 2,917 disabled families, carry out 305 barrier-free perception activities, 433 barrier-free movie viewing activities, hold a national barrier-free tourism development forum and share the "Chengdu experience".
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