When you walk on Shanghai roads, you see and actually feel one really bumping line that is made of brick. It really hurts your feet and damages your shoes and heels. You find this bumping line everywhere you go - big roads, small, even metro has it. It's so annoying and drives me crazy, my poor shoes suffer so much. At first I thought it's separation line for walking and riding bicycles, something like you have in Belgium for example. But NO! I learned it later that this bumping route is for blind people ! How cool is that, ha?
Well folks....ain't that a winning idea ? Now if only we can adopt this capital idea in our fair city ! We send many "officials" and spend millions of tax-payers money for "study tours" or if you like "pelancong sambil belajar" outings and what have we got to show upon return from these "escapades" ? Nothing...but another "holiday" feather for the councillors to "cap" ( read capitalise) in their tenure !
Simple yet beneficial ideas like the one above can greatly improve the quality of life for the blind and put KL in the ranks of 1st. world cities, yes ?
Simple yet beneficial ideas like the one above can greatly improve the quality of life for the blind and put KL in the ranks of 1st. world cities, yes ?
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around brickfields, KL near the school for the blind (?) there are yellow embedded hard plastic on the pedestrian pavements. there are lego-like protrusions on it and are for the blind. but more often than not the continuity of these are interrupted by hawkers encroaching on to it.
and i ahve also seen them on some newer pavements.
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