CITIES WILL NO LONGER ALLOW INACCESSIBLE SIDEWALKS TO FESTER FOR MONTHS

PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WILL NO LONGER BE ENDANGERED

BY IMPASSIBLE URBAN SIDEWALKS AND SPACES

Sadly, this is a cruel April Fool’s joke.

Cities wealthy and poor place wheelchair-accessible mobility at the bottom of their priorities list.

The only solution to get past these problems is to go out into the street and risk death or serious injury.

These are not temporary construction sites – about to be fixed in a reasonable 24-to 48-hour period.

The irony is, if these were fixed, the economy would be boosted – because every pedestrian could get around more safely and efficiently.

Spending would go up, labor hours wouldn’t be wasted and more people with disabilities could access better jobs without having to own an expensive adapted vehicle.

But it’s going to take a lot of lawsuits, lobbying and education to put an end to this discriminatory, foolish practice.