HONORED TO PRESENT ON INCLUSIVE DESIGN

AT FLORIDA AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE 

The pandemic emphasizes the need for inclusion in planning. 

COVID-19’s silver lining is renewed emphasis on safer pedestrian travel, transit and more outdoor-recreation space. 

But mobility remains a big challenge for people with disabilities. 

Transit access is dependent on compliant sidewalks with a clear path of travel to get to the bus stop. 

First/last mile “solutions” such as rideshare and micromobility are not accessible to wheelers and many other disabled folks. 

Dockless scooters and bikes block wheelchair users and trip blind people. 

This is the game-changing story of designing safe, more inclusive complete streets, transit stops, crosswalks and recreation/civic/green space.

 --Wiatt Bowers AICP, Heidi Johnson Wright JD, Steve Wright, David Haight FAICP LEED AP ND