Accessibility at the Paris 2024 Olympics

SOURCE www.npr.org
Paris 2024 Olympic Games focus on accessibility for people with disabilities, with improvements in public transit and facilities; challenges remain in the Metro system but significant investments have been made to enhance accessibility in the city.

Key Points

  • Ndieme Lame, a wheelchair user, commutes daily to help visitors at the Olympic stadium
  • Efforts to improve accessibility include online booking system for assistance at train stations
  • Paris has invested in making bus routes, tram lines, and public facilities wheelchair accessible
  • Significant progress in enhancing accessibility, but challenges persist in the Metro system

Pros

  • Significant improvements in accessibility for people with disabilities in public transit and public facilities
  • Investments made to enhance accessibility in Paris since winning the bid to host the Summer Games in 2017

Cons

  • Challenges remain in the Paris Metro system, with 93% of stations still inaccessible or only partially accessible to people in wheelchairs