WORK TIREDLESSLY TO VOTE THE ABLEIST OUT OF OFFICE.
Ask why they don’t boast of bare minimum:
Saving taxpayer dollars.
Constituent services.
Compliance with city laws.
Then vote them out!
TRULY ACCESSIBLE UNIVERSAL DESIGN IS THE CEILING
A pair of horribly steep/bumpy power
line covers on Ocean Drive at the Clevelander = the miserable minimum.
A world famous street in one of the
biggest tourist destinations in the U.S. with a pulsing tax base from all the
development – should NEVER settle for lousy mobility.
Miami Beach – fix this.
A THIRD OF A CENTURY AFTER THE PASSAGE OF
THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
There is no call button.
The Ocean Drive vacation rentals building could be a perfect location for wheelchair users to roll to many Miami Beach Attractions.
But the entrance is
locked.
This is what happens
when ADA is viewed as onerous instead of inclusive.
IN THE FAR BACK OF THE HOUSE – ENSURING SEATED PATRONS WILL HAVE THE WORST SIGHT LINES FOR EVERY CONCERT
The view is of a sea of standing
bodies as much as the stage.
UNIVERSAL DESIGN PROVES OUT TO BE COST EFFECTIVE EVERY TIME
Universal Design and wheelchair access are NOT expensive.
An apartment entrance that used to have a couple small steps down.
Now it has a gently graded accessible
concrete path.
With a tiny investment, everyone can
visit the building.
HUGE BUS SHELTER ADD BLOCKS VISION
RIGHT AT A SIDEWALK PINCH POINT
This may be the world’s worst giant
opaque advertising sign placement in history.
It creates a blind spot right at a
narrow pinch point of sidewalk.
A cyclist who couldn’t see me crashed
into me here on Alton Road just south of Lincoln Road.
This advertising revenue generator,
masquerading as a bus shelter, provides no vision — for northbound cyclist — of
what is coming southbound.
Miami Beach must fix this even if it’s
a state road.
A wheelchair user could get killed.
BUT EVERY 10TH STREET HAS A POORLY DESIGN, TERRIBLY BUILT AND HORRIBLY MAINTAINED SIDEWALK
More than half of this sidewalk in a heavily pedestrian part of Miami Beach has a severe angle that makes it treacherous for people with disabilities.
It is on 16th St. at Lennox Ave. in Miami Beach.
Wheelchair mobility is virtually impossible.
Not only is the more level part closer to street (worse for pedestrian safety) but it also is an impossible route for wheelchair users -- because outside dining, valet stands and other obstructions block the pathway.
