Graduate Student Cornell University Ithaca, New York
Have you ever observed or experienced how people with disabilities navigate streets or public transit? Mobility injustice affects a range of travel modes, from walking and rolling to paratransit taxis. What should planners do to improve the situation?
The proportion of people with disabilities is growing all over the world, and the larger the city, the more they live together. Seoul is home to 42 percent of South Korea's disabled people, and this figure is growing. However, the infrastructure and systems to accommodate them are far from perfect. Since December 2021, there have been protests in the subway in response to injustice that is both physically painful and emotionally draining. Varied attempts to reduce injustice range from protests by people with disabilities to to community-created counter-mappings and beyond. What should planners do in response to these efforts? Participants learn how to compare efforts and solutions in various settings.
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Learning Objectives:
Learn through the experiences of people with disabilities, focusing on both emotional and physical difficulties.
Compare the strategies of various disability-advocacy groups to mitigate mobility injustice.
Use Seoul as an example to learn how disabled people actually prioritize and how planners can respond realistically.
