Metro, school safety manuals in Braille

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has published two manuals on Metro use and school safety in Braille language.

The Dubai Metro Use Manual is launched in co-operation with Emirates Association of the Visually Impaired, while the School Safety Manual has been published in cooperation with Tamkeen Foundation, a subsidiary of the Knowledge and Human Development Authority.

Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of RTA, said: “This step, which is taken in implementation of the initiative of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of the Executive Council branded as ‘My Community a Place for All’ aimed at converting Dubai into a fully friendly city for special needs by 2020.”

It also comes under a broader framework of boosting the effectiveness of the existing projects and initiatives to seek new work avenues for bypassing all obstacles and helping enable the disabled to positively engage with their social environment as individuals capable of contributing to the production and innovation drive.

“The Dubai Metro Use Manual includes information about how to plan for the metro trip, how to access the metro stations and move therein till boarding the metro carriage, and how to use the Nol card. The RTA has published around 1,000 copies of which 300 will be distributed to the disabled centers and entities, and 700 copies will be placed at the Information Desks of the Dubai Metro Stations.

“Next year the RTA will publish 3 booklets in Braille language namely - Water Taxi Use Manual, Dubai Ferry Use Manual, and Inter-City Bus Use Manual.

Similarly, about 500 booklets of the School Safety Manual was launched to make blind students aware of traffic safety concepts.

Al Tayer said, “The RTA offers a galaxy of diverse services and exemptions for special needs, including free parking cards, free public transport pass in Dubai Metro, water bus and public buses, in addition to relieving them from Salik fees. Dubai Taxi Corporation has provided special taxi cabs for the special needs, in addition to designated parking slots adjacent to Dubai Metro station gates and RTA’s customer service centers, besides giving them priority to complete their transactions.”

Dubai Metro also adequately caters to this section of people and addresses their needs, by having tactile paths and making all tickets booths and lifts wheelchair-friendly.
 

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