The Problem | Rampey

Safety

Falls in trains gaps cause lifelong injury or death. Portable ramps can be unsafe.

450 falls occur in Sydney every year.

$1.7M for ONE lawsuit.

Gaps and Steps

Gaps and steps between trains and platforms prevent independent usage of trains and slow down trains when they're used for boarding

Independence

People are often forgotten on trains and miss their stops. Staff rely on sticky notes to track who needs to get off where. Riders can’t easily get off early if they feel unsafe or unwell.

Portable boarding ramps

Ramps are slow, unreliable to those forced to used them, can be unsafe to both users and staff to deploy. The ramps are often used at stations where the ramp is too steep to meet unassisted disability grades of incline. Ramps can't be made longer due to their weight

Lack of solutions for existing trains and stations

Several prototypes have been developed but almost all of them are limited in some way or another. Many fall short of broad deployment and it's often not until cities and states are adopting brand new stations and trains where independent accessibility is truly solved.

Independence

Portable boarding ramps

Lack of solutions for existing trains and stations

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Sydney / New South Wales

Brisbane / Queensland

Melbourne / Victoria

London / United Kingdom

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