The cities of Helsinki and Tampere are experimenting with low-floor buses and streetcars for public use. The Helsinki subway was originally planned for and has accomplished accessibility. The Finnish State Railways are developing a new railway wagon accessible for people with disabilities. Ferries sailing between Finland and Sweden are accessible. Awareness of access regulations is spread through trade journals, and courses and seminars attended by planners, building authorities and disabled consumers.
Training is voluntary and courses are organized mainly by local organizations of disabled persons.
In the future, the access norms will be accompanied by a separate publication of good examples of accessibility in renovated existing public buildings. The publication has been prepared by the National Association of the Disabled and will be published in 1991- 92. The interests of disabled and old persons in bringing about access legislation are represented by organizations of disabled people, organizations for disabled people, by disabled individuals and also by the government social authorities. These parties are involved in lobbying and formulating draft proposals on access legislation. The National Association of the Disabled prepares technical papers for improving the building norms on accessibility required by the Ministry of the Environment.