Accessibility is hard. It’s easy for things to slip through.

Put yourself in the shoes of Logan—a 33-year-old software engineer with red-green colourblindness—rushing for the subway for a conference in an unfamiliar city. They’re glancing about for entrance to the orange line, when they spot this sign (simulating deuteranopia colour-blindness):

Sign for CTA train lines

Whoops.

Carry many pairs of shoes. It makes it easier to find the cracks.

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(Thankfully, there’s an updated version of this sign further along. It’s never too late to improve!)

Sign for CTA train lines