"It doesn't feel as accessible as when you are in central or west London where there's a bridge like every kilometre. When I started using [the tunnel], I would go to work and the north lift wouldn't be working in the morning and then on the way back south, that one would not be working. It was very on and off."
"When I started using [the tunnel], I would go to work and the north lift wouldn't be working in the morning and then on the way back south, that one would not be working. It was very on and off. I ride a road bicycle which is fairly lightweight and I'm fairly fit and young. So for me, it was more of an inconvenience rather than a problem."
"I'm not trying to make any money out of it or turn it into something else. It's just like a community-based project doing something simple with the skills I already have to just help someone who might have to redirect their journey in case they know the elevator won't be working."
Andreas Nikolaou, a cyclist and software engineer who commutes through the Greenwich Foot Tunnel, built an app that displays and crowdsources the operational status of the tunnel lifts. The lifts frequently fail, forcing users to climb 100 steps on the south side or 87 on the north side, which can be difficult for people with limited mobility. The app costs around £8 a year to host and is offered without profit motive as a community project to help travellers plan or redirect journeys when lifts are out of service. The tunnel links Greenwich to the Isle of Dogs and opened in 1902.
Read at www.bbc.com
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