Urban Travel, Sustainability & Accessibility

Monday, July 27, 2026

TIMELESS UNIVERSAL DESIGN

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VS BEGRUDGING ADA COMPLIANCE Textbook example of the difference between lousy ADA compliance and welcoming Universal Design. Main entran...
Sunday, July 26, 2026

DOUGLAS ROAD IS A MAJOR CORRIDOR

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NARROW SIDEWALKS AND PINCH POINTS DESTROY WHEELCHAIR ACCESS FOR MANY SW 37 AVENUE SEGMENTS BETWEEN CORAL GABLES-MIAMI After walking 7 blocks...
Saturday, July 25, 2026

WHEN I WENT TO WORK FOR MIAMI CITY COMMISSIONER JOE SANCHEZ IN 2002, NO ONE WOULD HAVE IMAGINED THIS BEING POSSIBLE

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NOW, YET ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL BOUTIQUE HOTEL HAS OPENED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LITTLE HAVANA’S ART AND CULTURE Fabulous art and wheelchair acce...
Friday, July 24, 2026

ADAPTIVE REUSE OF AN OLD BUILDING

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CANNOT CREATE SUBSTANDARD ACCESS  FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES This is what happens when lazy/ableist city officials allow a new business to...
Thursday, July 23, 2026

PICNIC TABLES MUST BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL

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  UNIVERSAL DESIGN IS THE KEY This is an outstanding example of Universal Design. The high design picnic tables at South Pointe Park all f...
Wednesday, July 22, 2026

IT’S AN EMBARRASSMENT TO WALK AN URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD – WHEN THE SIDEWALK SHRINKS TO 2 FEED WIDE – CRUSHING ACCESS FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS

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MIAMI'S NORTHEAST SECOND AVENUE IS SUPER WIDE AND DANGEROUS – WHILE PEDSTRIAN MOBILTY IS IMPOSSIBLE:                     THIS IS UPSIDE...
Tuesday, July 21, 2026

PERPETUALLY FLOODED CURB RAMP IN MIAMI

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ABLEISM IN DESIGN = NO INDEPENDENCE FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS Dear public servants: design for people with disabilities is NOT an onerous task to...
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Steve Wright -- a writer, blogger and marketer -- was born to communicate about architecture and town planning for a living. The native of Akron, Ohio earned his first paycheck as a journalist before he was old enough to drive. As an award-winning journalist at the Columbus Dispatch, he started as the large newspaper's first full-time popular music critic. For nearly a decade, Wright served as the Senior Policy Advisor for all urban affairs for the Chairman of the Miami City Commission. He also has published more than 6,000 professional articles, most of them focused on the built environment. Before launching Steve Wright Marketing Communications, he served as the Marketing Manager in the world headquarters of Arquitectonica. He worked as the Business Development Manager for a transportation engineering firm. Galleries have exhibited Wright's fine art photography of urban environments throughout Spain, Latin America, Tuscany and the United States. His Marketing Communications firm provides on-site and remote consulting services to professional services firms.
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