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Many people in Moscow do not even think that living next to them 11 thousand visually impaired people, according to official statistics. And that transitions from yellow tiles designed specifically for this category of persons with disabilities and do not suspect.
The picture below - for those who are reading these lines, too surprised.





But the saddest thing in this general ignorance - what about the appointment of the tiles do not know the road workers - those who have this tile stacks. Many of them think that such tiles - just decoration of the pavement, and put it the way came into our heads.
For example, the product of unknown superintendent, the beginning of the 21st century, 6th district Zelenograd:



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In those places where superintendents more intelligently approach to business, waiting for the visually impaired is another problem - the ongoing repair of the surface of the pavement. At the same time he repairs can not go, but the workers feel obliged havoc just half a curb and leave it in this state for a month. This can not help people with disabilities that find their way on the tiles, but also just fine to pass on the sidewalk.
Voykovsky area (STREET Zoe and Alexander Kosmodemyanskiy)



Kosmodemyanskiy Street, the house 10/12:

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Outraged bloggers and ordinary activists wrote to the district council area. In response came a standard formal reply about the "acceleration of work", and the sidewalks were in the same form.
Finally, the situation drew the attention of Mayor Sobyanin. At the operational meeting, he demanded to accelerate the work on equipping the streets of Moscow special gatherings and conventions for the convenience of disabled persons and instructed the head of the Moscow Department of Housing and Public Works Andrew Tsybina promptly analyze and solve the problem.
After that, the sidewalks were repaired in just two days.
Sadly, because of the careless public utilities, which for every problem needs a kick again, suffer the most vulnerable segments of the population - people with disabilities. (all)



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