On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 11:24:39 GMT, "Bob Wood"
wrote:

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On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 05:03:56 +0100, "John Rowland"
wrote:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/press-cent...t.asp?prID=907


This isn't new.
When I was a kid I clearly remember an underground map at Barking
station that someone had put Braille dots on for the relevant
stations.
However I also remember going back the following week and seeing most
of them scratched off!

I suppose the problem now is that they need to be in about 20
languages or someone's going to start screaming.

If you read the article, you will find that it is not about a blind
person finding their way around the network but around individual
stations - nothing like the map at Barking.

I did read it.
My point being that the article stated a 'New Initiative' and it
isn't new. The whole idea was mooted and tested in some stations in
the 60's
even braille maps of various stations showing access points etc.