Let’s check out 5 countries doing sidewalks right!
🇯🇵 Japan — Miyake invented tactile paving over 60 years ago. This standard is now used worldwide!
🇸🇬 Singapore — Their “car-lite” policy built 200 km of covered walkways.
🇳🇱 Netherlands — 35,000 km of bike paths. The CROW manual is the global gold standard.
🇩🇰 Denmark — Strøget, the world’s first pedestrian street, opened in 1962! Curbs are just 3–4 cm, so no ramps needed. People at the center.
🇨🇭 Switzerland — VSS 640 075 standard covers every detail. Zurich tracks accessibility at 9,000 locations. Ranked #1 in infrastructure by IMD.
And Thailand 🇹🇭 isn’t falling behind either!
Bangkok is upgrading 774 km of sidewalks, removing 23,000 obstacles, targeting 1,000 km by 2026. How are the actual standards? If you’re out walking, help us keep an eye on things!
Next episode: we’ll explore what makes these 5 countries so special.
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Source: bangkok, barrier-free-japan, imd-world