DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 101: PROTECTING OUT OF CONTROL CARS FROM DOWNING LIGHT POLES

IS 100X MORE IMPORTANT THAN PROTECTING

HUMAN BEINGS FROM CRASHING CARS

Pedestrian epic fail recipe.

Put a streetlight pole in the sidewalk, not behind it.

Create a tripping hazard/uneven rolling surface for wheelchair users by putting the utility box next to the pole in the sidewalk.

Make up for the misdeed of blocking the sidewalk by adding a crappy extension that places vulnerable pedestrians inches from deadly traffic.

Neglect the shoddy sidewalk extension, so it crumbles – but never fix it.

Repeat…dozens if not hundreds of times along your city’s should be walkable, historic main street corridor.

YOUR ELECTED OFFICIAL THINKS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES DESERVE MINIMUM STANDARDS ONLY?

WORK TIREDLESSLY TO VOTE THE ABLEIST OUT OF OFFICE.

The next time your mayor is happy with dangerous, but bare minimum ADA compliance… 

Ask why they don’t boast of bare minimum: 

Saving taxpayer dollars. 

Constituent services. 

Compliance with city laws. 

Then vote them out!

REPEAT AFTER ME: ADA COMPLIANCE IS THE FLOOR

TRULY ACCESSIBLE UNIVERSAL DESIGN IS THE CEILING

What’s the difference between bare minimum ADA compliance & inclusive Universal Design?

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.

THIS PHOTO SUMS UP THE PATHETIC STATE OF DISABILITY INCLUSION

A THIRD OF A CENTURY AFTER THE PASSAGE OF

THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT

The alleged accessible entrance is barred/locked.

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.

WHY DOES THE MIAMI BEACH BANDSHELL HAVE WHEELCHAIR SEATING…

IN THE FAR BACK OF THE HOUSE – ENSURING SEATED PATRONS WILL HAVE THE WORST SIGHT LINES FOR EVERY CONCERT

I love the Miami Beach Bandshell, but I cannot understand why the wheelchair accessible seats are flat on the ground at the back of the house.

The view is of a sea of standing bodies as much as the stage.

ABLEIST DESIGNERS’ BIG LIE IS ACCESSIBILITY IS EXPENSIVE

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.

PERIL FOR PEDESTRIANS

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.