Template:Did you know nominations/Accessibility of transport in London
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Accessibility of transport in London
- ... that in 2006, London became one of the first major cities to have an fully accessible bus fleet?
- ALT1: ... that all London taxis have been accessible to wheelchair passengers since 2000? Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/18/travel/rolling-along-in-london.html
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- Comment: Hi, this article has been a labour of love for 3 years and it's finally moved to mainspace! I offer a variety of hooks (positive and negative), happy for feedback on this - there's a fair few relevant photos too.
Moved to mainspace by Turini2 (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Turini2 (talk) 12:44, 2 July 2024 (UTC).
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- Some biased words seen, including "pleasant", and "no provision", suggest adding quotes to the words.
- Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
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- Does not seem interesting, I suggest simplifying the hook(s)
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Overall: Some problems need fixing. TheNuggeteer (talk) 02:29, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- I've made changes and comments as required to the article. I think I'd like to focus on the positive hooks, with this photo instead? Turini2 (talk) 11:29, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
London bus with wheelchair ramp - I think I found a better hook.
- Alt2: that only a third of London Underground stations have step free access?
- I think I found a better hook.
- I think that is more interesting as since the TfL bus fleet has been accessible for a while. but since the LU is the oldest metro systems, its partially accessible with only a third. Also with taxis, I assume you're talking about the TfL ones since other services like Uber likely don't have the accessibility scheme in place and use a normal car. I also think something that is not mostly accessible is better and more interesting that those that are fully accessible. For example, a hook stating that the Elizabeth line is fully accessible (even including the old stations) wouldn't be interesting as new(er) systems are expected to be accessible/have step free systems. JuniperChill (talk) 09:36, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Wayfinding_for_lifts_at_Southwark_station.jpg/220px-Wayfinding_for_lifts_at_Southwark_station.jpg)
- Sure, I'm happy to go with that hook with a minor tweak for "step-free"- yes, I mean "London black taxi", technically Uber is not a taxi (Vehicle for hire). I didn't want to be too negative about accessibility, but the Tube one is balanced. Could use the lead photo - unsure on caption though! Turini2 (talk) 10:51, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry for the late reply as I was out and about. Anyway, I don't really need to see the point of the photo if we are talking about 1/3rd of LU stations accessible since I cannot think what demonstrates it, plus its very tight for images on DYK because only one image a day (or two images a day in the event of a backlog) for the ~8 hooks. Also @TheNuggeteer:, what do you think of the new hook as you initially reviewed it? JuniperChill (talk) 16:23, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
- Sure, I'm happy to go with that hook with a minor tweak for "step-free"- yes, I mean "London black taxi", technically Uber is not a taxi (Vehicle for hire). I didn't want to be too negative about accessibility, but the Tube one is balanced. Could use the lead photo - unsure on caption though! Turini2 (talk) 10:51, 8 July 2024 (UTC)