The iMetro Multi-city application on iTunes is a great example of what a developer can create to help all people traveling abroad to catch that next train. Having traveled all throughout Europe in a wheelchair, I can tell you that it is not easy to use mass transportation.

This application for the iPhone/iPod Touch allows the able-bodied user to find either the quickest or shortest route to your desired destination and enables the traveler to plan ahead for transfers along metro lines or other rail. The disabled traveler can touch the handicap access icon to help in locating the right stop along the route that would have an elevator (or lift, if you will) to access street level.

Version 1.1 references the following European and American Cities; Madrid, Paris, London, Barcelona, Vienna, Milan, New York, and Boston. Please keep in mind some cities do a better job than others when it comes to disabled access to their rail lines and in my experience, most trains (that are not subway systems) require 24 hour notice of a planned train trip by a wheelchair user.

All that being said, an application like this can help greatly in finding out if a wheelchair user can access the metro system while traveling in the states or abroad. The cost of this application is 0.99.

-Pete "Pedro" Collman

–Accessible Apps: London Tube Accessibility Apps

–Accessible Apps: NYC Subway KICKMap Lite