BAD THINGS HAPPEN BECAUSE PEOPLE BLOCK RAMPS WITH EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN
Wheelchair access ramps are NOT:
Places to park scooters or bikes.
Storage for extra chairs & tables.
This is what happens when ignorant cities let lazy architects design segregated entrances for people with disabilities.
It also is the fault of cities that are not proactive in regulating micromobility.
PRIORITIZE HUMAN BEINGS OVER VEHICLES
Amazing that a car can break down on a sleepy side street — and it’s towed away in a half hour to keep auto traffic flowing.
But shoddy
utility vault work that destroys pedestrian safety in a dense, walkable area
festers for months
We obsess on
clearing the way for speeding traffic.
We block
wheelchair/all safe pedestrian mobility for months.
This is in
the heart of Miami Beach.
VS BEGRUDGING ADA COMPLIANCE
Textbook example of the difference between lousy ADA compliance and welcoming Universal Design.
Main
entrance to Perez Art Museum Miami all steps.
Ramp narrow
and hidden to the side.
It says you should be segregated and ashamed if you can’t do stairs.
The
Americans with Disabilities Act is the floor, not the ceiling.
Competent
architects, planners and designers seek creative ways to mainstream all access
and mobility.
Others build monuments to their lazy shortsightedness.
This
structure was designed two decades after the ADA.
Checklist, isolating compliance is NOT a winning approach for a major civic building on the waterfront of a major international city.
NARROW SIDEWALKS AND PINCH POINTS DESTROY WHEELCHAIR ACCESS FOR MANY SW 37 AVENUE SEGMENTS BETWEEN CORAL GABLES-MIAMI
After
walking 7 blocks on Douglas Road today:
I can
confidently say if I am given the choice between 2 days in jail or walking 12
blocks of Douglas & crossing its dangerous traffic 4 times—I’m picking time
in the lock up.
Narrow
sidewalks.
No shade.
Power polls
and other barriers that destroy wheelchair access.
More than
1/3 of people in Miami-Dade County cannot or do not drive.
They deserve
a multi mobile experience on this major artery also known as 37th Ave.
Let’s fix
this.
The people
of Miami and Coral Gables deserve better.
NOW, YET ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL BOUTIQUE HOTEL HAS OPENED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LITTLE HAVANA’S ART AND CULTURE
Fabulous art and wheelchair access at El Jardin Inn Miami.
“A boutique neighborhood hotel where
local art & modern hospitality meet in the heart of Little Havana”
A welcome addition to the community, a block from the heart of Calle Ocho, at 1568 SW 7th St.
https://www.eljardininn.com
CANNOT CREATE SUBSTANDARD ACCESS
FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
This is what happens when lazy/ableist city officials allow a new business to gut an old building but NOT make the entrance accessible to people with disabilities.
The high threshold results
in no wheelchair access.
This is on
Giralda in Coral Gables – where the city spent millions creating a people-friendly
pedestrian district.
The city also could have raised the pavers to meet the threshold,
but it neglected that as well.
Nearly a year ago, I was promised this would be fixed.
Lack of
access means it is not friendly to people who use wheelchairs for mobility.
UNIVERSAL DESIGN IS THE KEY
This is an
outstanding example of Universal Design.
The high
design picnic tables at South Pointe Park all feature an area where a
wheelchair user can roll up to in comfort.
Kudos to
Miami Beach.
