Venice has over 400 bridges; the vast majority have no ramps/step free access. Venice has outlined a plan to provide an accessible route from the city's main entry point to St. Marks Square, opening more of the city up to disabled people.
For historic cities like Venice, it is incredibly challenging to make the city accessible while maintaining and preserving the city. This project will show that cities can be made accessible and hopefully lead to more accessible cities across the globe.
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"It would be a huge message to other places which fail to address access -- they will be left with no excuse," added Heaton of the proposed plans. "If Venice can do it, everywhere can do it. It just needs political will."
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