Bay Area Rapid Transit held a workshop Tuesday in Oakland aimed at helping visually impaired riders better navigate the system.
The effort is part of the transit agency’s mission of increasing accessibility.
“When you’re somewhere you don’t even know where you are going and when you can’t see that can be frightening,” passenger Linda Brooks said.
Tuesday’s gathering addressed everything from brail maps to creating a mock track and showing passengers where to crawl if they fall on the tracks.
Sheri Albers with Lighthouse for the Blind partnered with BART to create the workshop after her own close call last year.
“I realized at the last minute I was