Twelve Disabled drivers and passengers put Close to the Door through two research phases. What they taught us about navigation, silent failures, text scaling and honest data applies to any mobile team.
Close to the Door is now live. I'm Ryan, a software engineer and Disabled driver — here's why I built an accessible-parking app for us, and how it came about.
We asked Disabled-led consultancy Tilting the Lens to test Close to the Door with 12 Disabled drivers and passengers across the UK, Ireland and Spain. What they found, what we re-engineered, and why accurate accessibility data matters to councils and businesses.
What matters when picking an accessible parking space, beyond the painted symbol on the ground. Bay width, kerb cuts, surfaces, lighting, and the things signage does not tell you.