Stockholm – A City for Everyone. How New Technology Can Make Every Day Life Easier for Elderly and People With Disabilities.

Author(s)
Johnni, P.
Year
Abstract

In the year 2010 the City of Stockholm is to become the most accessible capital city in the world. So far mostly physical adaptions of pedestrian crossings, bus stops, playgrounds and public lavatories as well as installing ramps or hearing devices in Stockholm City properties has been made. Inthe year 2005 the project Digital pedestrian network started. By creatinga digital pedestrian network and connect all kinds of municipal data to this network persons with for example visual impairments with the help of amobile phone are able to move independently from i e their home to their working place. By combining municipal information with the pedestrian digital network, and by using GPS and inertia navigation equipment a more or less unique navigation tool is created.

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Publication

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C 46919 (In: C 46669 CD-ROM) /72 / ITRD E852439
Source

In: ITS in daily life : proceedings of the 16th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), Stockholm, Sweden, September 21-25, 2009, 6 p.

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