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Public transportation struggling to achieve universal accessibility: "Two fatal accidents in six months, that's a lot"

After two deaths, in December 2025 in Paris, and in June 2026 in Lyon, a group of young visually impaired people are demonstrating on Saturday 19 September in Paris to deplore the lack of adapted facilities, which creates dangerous situations and limits their autonomy.

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Public transportation struggling to achieve universal accessibility: "Two fatal accidents in six months, that's a lot"

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Japan's oldest public housing complex in Shizuoka survives demolition threat

SHIZUOKA -- A public housing complex in this central Japan city's Aoi Ward, has recently been attracting renewed attention, and its once planned demol

  • Hagoromo Danchi, Japan's oldest reinforced-concrete public housing complex, avoided demolition.
  • Completed in 1948, buildings still have serviceable life for several decades.
  • Monthly guided tours popular, with 30% of attendees from outside Shizuoka City.

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