05/21/2026
đ Today, on Global Accessibility Awareness Day, weâre celebrating a simple idea: when spaces work better for disabled people, they work better for everyone.
From busy hubs like Nashville International Airport and Portland International Airport to regional airports such as Lakeland International Airport, SLO County Airport - SBP, and Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport, our partners are showing that any size venue can make navigation more inclusive. Whether itâs a longâhaul flight or a short regional hop, GoodMaps is helping travelers move with more confidence, independence, and ease.
That same commitment is reshaping how people experience rail. With c2c Rail and London North Eastern Railway in the UK, GoodMaps is being deployed across an everâgrowing network of hundreds of stations, so passengers with different access needs can plan routes, find platforms, and navigate stations on their own terms. Our expansion with Sound Transit in the U.S. carries that vision forward: making complex transport environments more understandable, more predictable, and less stressful for everyone using them.
GoodMaps is shaped with disabled people, not just for them, so realâworld barriers and lived experience guide how the platform evolves. As airports, stations, and transit hubs change over time, our maps change with them â meaning new gates, platforms, and entrances can become discoverable from day one, keeping pace with the journeys people actually take.
As ever, for us, GAAD is not a oneâday obligation but a reminder that accessibility is a standard of quality that benefits over one billion disabled people worldwide and, ultimately, everyone who moves through these spaces. When digital and physical environments are designed to be accessible from the start, wayfinding becomes more intuitive, anxiety drops, and autonomy grows for every traveler â whether they identify as disabled or not.
To our airport, rail, and transit partners: well done, and thank you for leading by example and proving that accessibility at scale is both possible and essential. And to everyone marking Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we invite you to keep asking the question that drives our work at GoodMaps: if it doesnât work for everyone, who is it really working for?
If youâd like to learn more about Global Accessibility Awareness Day and how you can get involved, visit https://accessibility.day.