Walk in someone's shoes

The edge of a train platform when you can't see how close you are to the drop. The start of an escalator when you can't tell where the steps begin to move. Blind commuters navigate these with a white cane, timing, and practiced technique - but the infrastructure wasn't built with them in mind, and the margin for error is physical, not theoretical.

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First-hand perspectives

People living with blindness share how it shapes public transport.

  • Lucy Edwards

    That train platform gap is terrifying

    Blind creator Lucy Edwards reaches a terrifying step-down at a Houston station platform.

    That train platform gap is terrifying

  • Sadi.theBlindLady

    Riding an escalator as a blind person

    Sadi shows how she uses her white cane to feel for the start of an escalator's moving steps.

    Riding an escalator as a blind person