Accessibility statement for ConTraffic

This statement applies to content published on the domain: ‘contraffic.jrc.ec.europa.eu’

It does not apply to other content or websites published on any of its subdomains. These websites and their content will have their own specific accessibility statement.

This website is managed by Joint Research Center Directorate General (JRC DG). It is designed to be used by as many people as possible, including people with disabilities.

You should be able to:

  • zoom up to 200% without problems
  • navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • navigate most of the website using a modern screen reader and speech recognition software (on your computer or phone)

This website is designed to comply with the technical standard for websites and mobile apps, EN 301 549,  v.3.2.1. This closely follows level ‘AA’ of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with technical standard EN 301 549 v.3.2.1 and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA. See ‘Non-accessible content’ for more details.

The website was last tested on 4 December 2023.

Preparation of this statement

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the ConTraffic website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers:

We try to respond to feedback within 15 business days from the date of receipt of the enquiry by the responsible Commission department.

Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology

The ‘ConTraffic’ website is designed to be compatible with the following most used assistive technologies:

  • the latest version of Google Chrome and Apple Safari browsers;
  •  in combination with the latest versions of JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver and TalkBack.

Technical specifications

The accessibility of the ‘[ConTraffic’ website relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

  • HTML
  • WAI-ARIA
  • CSS
  • JavaScript

Non-accessible content

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of the ‘ConTraffic’ website, we are aware of some limitations, which we are working to fix. Below is a description of known limitations and potential solutions. Please contact us if you encounter an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for the ‘ConTraffic’ website:

  1. Alt text descriptions: some images that build up the visualization of the map of the containers routes do not have alt text descriptions.
  2. ARIA attributes: a few elements use unsupported ARIA attributes.
  3. Colour contrast: some pages have certain elements with not enough colour contrast.
  4. Interactive Content: Some content show in maps and similar visualisations are not accessible with a keyboard
  5. Buttons: Some buttons do not have programmatically accessible names.
  6. Heading Hierarchy: Some pages do not present content in an hierarchical heading organization.
  7. Forms: Some form elements do not have labels or visible labels