Template:Did you know nominations/Accessibility of transport in London

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 18:44, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Accessibility of transport in London

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London Taxi with wheelchair ramp

... that in 2006, London became one of the first major cities to have an fully accessible bus fleet?

Source: https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2007/december/transport-for-london-wins-independent-living-award

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
Reviewed:
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).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: None required.

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)

I think I found a better hook.

Alt2: that only a third of London Underground stations have step free access?

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)

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):::::I think "only" should be removed, but other than that, it's fine. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 23:38, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Alt2: ... that a third of London Underground stations have step-free access?
Source: https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/step-free-access?intcmp=1954

All other issues with the article are now resolved (it has a more substantive lead, fixed words etc) Turini2 (talk) 09:03, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Now its time to turn the signal green now that the hook issue has been fixed. I didn't know step-free has a hyphen so I'm fine with that alongside removing the 'only'. JuniperChill (talk) 10:36, 9 July 2024 (UTC)