Travellers With Disabilities: Getting Around The City
Travellers with disabilities will find it easier to get around Barcelona than most other Spanish cities, but that's not saying a great deal. For specific information , contact the Institut Municipal de Disminuits, c/Llacuna 171, 3º (tel 932 918 400), or call the City Information Line on 010. The Ajuntament produces a map with some suggested itineraries for sightseeing, a list of accessible bus routes and restaurants as well as useful contact numbers, which is available from the municipal information office in Placa de Sant Miquel, or the transport office in Universitat metro station. Available facilities include ramp space for two wheelchairs on most city buses; ring the bell on the bus door. Most bus lines are wheelchair accessible, at least at certain times, but check with TMB. Some of the more useful wheelchair accessible lines are #24 (Carmel-Manso), #33 (Pedralbes-Verneda), #44 (Sants-Estacio-Badalona), #47 (Canyelles-Placa de Catalunya), #59 (Maria Cristina-Barceloneta), #72 (Maria Cristina-Zona Franca) and #171 (Port Vell-Sant Gervasi). Nightbuses #N1 (Via Julia-Zona Franca), #N2 (Collblanc-Verneda) and #N3 (Montcada-Collblanc) are also wheelchair-acces sible as is the Aerobus. The metro is inaccessible to wheelchair users apart from line 2, which has lifts from the platform to the street at some stations. If you need a taxi that's wheelchair-accessible, call Barna Taxi tel 933 577 755 or Taxi Movil tel 933 581 111.Out on the streets, the only acoustic traffic-light signals are on Rambla de Catalunya and Placa d'Espanya; and only some of the pavements in the newly renovated parts of town have graduated slopes at crossing points.
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