Claims that new street layouts aimed at encouraging walking and cycling are making life dangerous for visually impaired people.
New street layouts aimed at encouraging walking and cycling are continuing to make life dangerous for visually impaired people, it has been claimed.However, visually impaired people have told the BBC the concerns they warned about in the early designs are still cropping up in new schemes.A major issue is that some major roads now require pedestrians to cross cycle lanes to get to bus stops and crossings.
She said this meant there was no way for her or her guide dog to know where to safely cross the road. They added: "However, feedback/recommendations cannot always be accommodated for various reasons and these decisions have been articulated back to all relevant people/organisations." Marie O'Donnell, who is a rehabilitation officer for Sight Scotland as well as a guide dog owner, said trying to navigate the street was "terrifying".
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