Chicago’s Quest

By Madonna Long | July 29, 2019

Chicago aims to be ‘most accessible’ city in the nation, Lightfoot saysBy Sara Freund Jul 26, 2019, 4:49pm CDT Over a period of two years, the city will install up to 100 new traffic signals with audible beeps or vibrations to help people with blindness or low vision to cross the street, according to the…

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Accessible Smart Cities

By Madonna Long | July 15, 2019

Accessible Cities United: Enabling Future Cities to be Smart Posted on October 19, 2017 by UNSDN 5 By 2030 more than 60% of the world’s population is projected to live in cities. Urban centers will face key challenges in ensuring that the needs of people living in hardship are met. As cities become smart, they must also provide equal access to the benefits of…

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