People who use wheelchairs are most worried about encountering obstacles such as steps and steep slopes. In order to facilitate the travel of people in wheelchairs, Autonavi Maps and Ali Public Welfare have launched a public welfare barrier-free navigation function, and give priority to planning routes with barrier-free facilities such as barrier-free elevators, which are especially convenient for people in wheelchairs. Therefore, it is also known as "wheelchair navigation". As the first national barrier-free map navigation, the program has now covered 30 cities across the country, including Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Changsha, Jinan, Chengdu, and Qingdao, and Harbin has become the first city to complete the coverage.
Citizens who need to use it can open the corresponding service in only three steps. Open the Autonavi map, click "My" in the lower right corner, and after entering the next interface, click to open "Accessible Mode", and plan the accessible route by selecting the bus subway/walking navigation mode.
It is understood that there are 162,200 physically disabled people in Harbin, and more than 2 million elderly people over the age of 60. Some of them have great difficulties in traveling due to physical reasons. Wheelchairs are an important means of transportation for their travel. The launch of this program will benefit the wheelchair travelers in Harbin and make city travel more convenient. (Harbin Daily reporter, Li Mushuang)
