{"id":488,"date":"2016-01-24T14:58:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T22:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dredf.org\/web-log\/?p=488"},"modified":"2016-11-07T10:54:32","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T18:54:32","slug":"on-the-way-to-rightsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/2016\/01\/24\/on-the-way-to-rightsnow\/","title":{"rendered":"On the way to RightsNow!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" longdesc=\"http:\/\/dredf.org\/web-log?longdesc=504&#038;referrer=488\" src=\"https:\/\/dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/ramp-700.jpg\" alt=\"Ramp at the R\u00fcmlang train station in Z\u00fcrich\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" class=\"size-full wp-image-504 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/ramp-700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/ramp-700-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><a id=\"longdesc-return-504\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ramp at the R\u00fcmlang train station in Z\u00fcrich<br \/><span class=\"photo-credit\">Susan Henderson<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Tomorrow, January 25, 2016:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n&#8230;U.S. experts will work alongside United Disabled Persons of Kenya (UDPK), a leading DPO in Kenya to conduct a five-day intensive training in Kenya. Kenya is one of the RightsNow! countries in which participants will examine national and international laws and policies, identify principles of effective legislation, explore tactics for advocacy, and create collaborative action plans to promote enforcement of laws to protect disability rights. &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miusa.org\/event\/2016\/KenyaRNtraining\">From MIUSA&#8217;s website<\/a>.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At a layover in Z\u00fcrich, Susan Henderson noticed some examples of barrier removal and sent a few photos.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nAbove is a beautifully designed circular ramp that leads to the R\u00fcmlang train station.<\/p>\n<p>Below is TIXI Z\u00fcrich. A transportation service for people who can&#8217;t use public transit. The drivers are all volunteer. Currently their wheelchair-accessible fleet consists of 28 Renault Kangoos and a VW Caddy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/tixi-back-full.jpg\" alt=\"The back of the vehicle with the door closed. There is a large picture of a wheelchair user on it.\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/tixi-back-full.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/tixi-back-full-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"photo-credit\">Susan Henderson<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/tixi-back-full-open.jpg\" alt=\"The back of the vehicle with the door open and the ramp fully extended.\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/tixi-back-full-open.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/tixi-back-full-open-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"photo-credit\">Susan Henderson<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/ramp-from-above.jpg\" alt=\"Circular ramp leading to train station.\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"photo-credit\">Susan Henderson<\/span><\/div>\n<p>At a layover in Z\u00fcrich, Susan Henderson noticed some examples of barrier removal and sent a few photos.<br \/>\n<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4MGYT-7S\">Continue reading <\/a> <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/2016\/01\/24\/on-the-way-to-rightsnow\/\">Continue Reading<span> On the way to RightsNow!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,4,104,43],"tags":[105],"class_list":["post-488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disability-rights","category-human-rights","category-international-disability-rights","category-miusa","tag-rightsnow"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4MGYT-7S","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":750,"href":"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions\/750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}