{"id":5070,"date":"2023-09-03T10:09:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T10:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanacres.in\/?p=5070"},"modified":"2023-09-03T10:09:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T10:09:10","slug":"kilambakkam-bus-terminus-built-as-per-inclusive-design-norms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/?p=5070","title":{"rendered":"Kilambakkam Bus Terminus Built as per Inclusive Design Norms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The newly-built Kilambakkam bus terminus has all the features, making it<br \/>\nbarrier-free for persons with disabilities. The terminus had several features<br \/>\nadhering to the accessibility norms as per the \u2018Harmonised Guidelines and<br \/>\nSpace Standards for Barrier-Free Built Environment for Persons with<br \/>\nDisabilities and Elderly Persons\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Wheelchair accessibility, tactile flooring and designated accessible toilets<br \/>\nfollowing universal barrier-free design standards had been incorporated in the<br \/>\nfacility.<\/p>\n<p>While efforts had been made to make some parts of the bus terminus accessible,<br \/>\none should ensure that tactile flooring was in all the places and special facilities<br \/>\nfor persons with severe disabilities to park their vehicles close to the buses.<br \/>\nProvisions need to be made to set up digital displays and signage across the<br \/>\nterminus for persons who are hearing-impaired and speech-impaired. The<br \/>\ngovernment had been striving to improve basic amenities for persons with<br \/>\ndisabilities in all government buildings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newly-built Kilambakkam bus terminus has all the features, making it barrier-free for persons with disabilities. The terminus had several features adhering to the accessibility<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}