PASEO PROBLEM

PASSAGEWAY BLOCKS WHEELCHAIR USERS

Dear City of Coral Gables. 

Paseos do not work when they are blocked by tables and chairs when restaurants use them illegally for storage. 

This perpetually destroys mobility for people with disabilities on Giralda.

The trash can is highly symbolic.

It means merchants treat wheelchair users like trash. 

Because they block the paseo with trash cans etc. 

Ironically, this is one a pedestrian only corridor that should be great for people with disabilities.

How can hundreds of city employees and officials walk past this every day and not see this blocks those who use wheelchairs for mobility?

It took us pointing this out on social media for the city to address the long-festering problem.

PATHETIC PASEO

MISERABLE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE

IN HEART OF DOWNTOWN CORAL GABLES

We hope this narrow, bumpy, crummy excuse for a paseo is a private property thing that the City of Coral Gables has no control over.

Saw a visitor almost fall from her wheelchair.

She asked if it was leftover dumped asphalt or an official path.

It seems to be an official city paseo – because it’s decorated with a huge city mural.

How can hundreds of city employees and officials walk past this every day and not see it is a tripping hazard and too narrow/bumpy to accommodate those who use wheelchairs for mobility?