WE PRESENT: FIVE EPIC ACCESSIBILITY FAILS IN MIAMI
San Diego is like Miami — older roots but most of its rapid growth was in the highway era.
Yet when I spoke about universal design at a national conference there this year, I found 10-, 12-, and 15-foot-wide sidewalks in the thriving Little Italy, Gas Lamp, Downtown, and Waterfront districts.
There is only so much
space between buildings on each side of the road and Miami gives almost all of
it to cars instead of human beings.
There's also a single, narrow curb ramp at nearly every intersection.
It lines up with neither painted crosswalk.
No matter what direction a wheelchair user
is traveling, they are forced to veer partway into oncoming traffic to get to
the crosswalk protected by the red light.
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