Journey researching public accessibility
Calgary, Alberta
Starting Idea: Bronze Urban AJ; Using public transit, we’ll research the accessibility of Town/city.
Taking public transit in Calgary to visit local businesses and research their accessibility. Our goal is to compile a list and photograph buildings in different areas to gauge the different levels of accessibility, e.g. location of buttons, ramps, bathrooms.
We will ensure we are ready for our QJ by actively testing our mode of travel (walking/wheeling and using public transit) and visiting local restaurants/shops to practice evaluating their accessibility access. We’ll stop at various stores, restaurants, cafés, etc. and review things like the location of automatic door buttons, ramps for wheelchairs, width of aisles, accessible seating, washrooms. We will also visit a local hostel to get a tour and make a list of what we will need for when we stay overnight during our QJ. We will debrief the Practice Journey as a team and determine if any changes need to be made to our Qualifying Journey plans.
Over 2 days, our goal is to evaluate accessibility access on public transit and shops/restaurants in Calgary. By walking/wheeling and using public transit, we’ll travel to 2 different neighborhoods each day, visiting at least 3 shops/restaurants in each location and evaluating the accessibility access. We will stay overnight at a hostel and prepare a meal for ourselves each day. At the end of our journey, we will debrief as a team and compile our findings. We will create a basic report on our findings to share with our Assessor and the shops/restaurants we visited.
