Google Maps adds a wheelchair accessible option for disabled folks

Google maps pretty much know for taking transit from here to there, but for physically disabled people it isn’t quite that simple. Some stations may have wheel chairs, have out of service for that kind of thing a new update to the service to add an option for wheelchair accessible route.

New York, London, Tokyo, Mexico city, Boston and Sydney transit rider now will have the option to select “wheelchair accessible” in their route options, they might opt to have fewer transfer or minimal walking. 

This will make life easier for disabled folks or even anyone lugging around something heavy. Walking routes that take into account side walk condition and grade, curb cuts, pedestrian crossing zones or buttons, wheelchair accessible entrance to buildings and much more could be better integrated into the world’s most popular mapping platform.