ABLE-BODIED DECISION MAKERS ONLY
A typical department of transportation project has a dozen expert subcontractors, from surveyors to landscape architects to lighting specialists to geotech experts.
With budgets
for corridor studies and construction projects in the millions of dollars, there
is room for one more expert: an accessibility expert with personal experience.
If cities
want to be inclusive, budgets must support site visits and reports crafted by
people who use wheelchairs for mobility — the only end users who truly
understand the hazards to mobility, as well as the simple, long-lasting
solutions that help clear the way.
No comments:
Post a Comment