Urban Travel, Sustainability & Accessibility

HUNDREDS OF CURB RAMPS AND CROSSWALKS  ARE NOT WHEELCHAIR FRIENDLY This is one of many shamefully neglected crosswalks at Madison Avenue a...

REMOVE BUMPY SURFACES THAT ENDANGER WHEELCHAIR USERS It’s time to say goodbye to the pavers that are a wheelchair mobility hazard on the s...

GREAT SIGHT LINES, LOVE TO ROOF CANOPY PROTECTION FROM RAIN I can now say I saw Lionel Messi play in live in MLS competition. Great time...

IT IS BORN OF INPUT FROM END USERS I hate the use of this limited access lift at Temple of Dendur. Does the Metropolitan Museum of Art n...

THAT IS DURABLE, RELIABLE AND SIMPLE THE MORE GADGETS, THE MORE LIKELY THE DEVICE WILL FAIL NEVER trust an architect that wants to creat...

NO MORE CLOSED SIDEWALKS FORCING WHEELCHAIR USERS AND ALL PEDESTRIANS TO UNNECESSARILY CROSS DANGEROUS TRAFFIC “…the City Commission approve...

SORRY ABLEISTS: THERE IS NO GRANDFATHERING A LACK OF WHEELCHAIR ACCESS AT OLD TRANSIT STATIONS Exploring Universal Design and Wheelchair A...

THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THOUSANDS OF BLOCKADES TO WHEELCHAIR ACCESS Nightmare scenario for people with disabilities in the Lower East Side....

THE ABILITY TO DESIGN IS A GIFT DESIGNING IN WAYS THAT EXCLUDE IS THROWING AWAY THAT GIFT The ableist architect: “Retrofitted wheelchair...

DISABILITY ADVOCATES, ACTIVISTS, LEADERS & CHANGE MAKERS It is the honor of a lifetime to make Global Disability Inclusion's ...

CURB EXTENSIONS MAKE THIS CROSSWALK SAFER FOR ALL   Kudos to these pedestrian friendly, super wheelchair accessible curb extensions. The...

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

BEFORE ERECTING BARRIERS TO THEIR SAFE MOBILITY   I have criticized cities that put up giant bollards or oversized planters to block ter...

WORK TIREDLESSLY TO VOTE THE ABLEIST OUT OF OFFICE. The next time your mayor is happy with dangerous, but bare minimum ADA compliance…  As...

TRULY ACCESSIBLE UNIVERSAL DESIGN IS THE CEILING What’s the difference between bare minimum ADA compliance & inclusive Universal Desig...

A THIRD OF A CENTURY AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT The alleged accessible entrance is barred/locked. There is...

IN THE FAR BACK OF THE HOUSE – ENSURING SEATED PATRONS WILL HAVE THE WORST SIGHT LINES FOR EVERY CONCERT I love the Miami Beach Bandshell, b...

BUT EVERY 10 TH STREET HAS A POORLY DESIGN, TERRIBLY BUILT         AND HORRIBLY MAINTAINED SIDEWALK More than half of this sidewalk in a he...

THAT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY OPERATIONS BLOCK THE SAFE CROSSWALK Only in Miami, the city that constantly tops lists of most dangerous places to be...

THEY VALUE THE LIVES, SAFETY AND DIGNITY OF PEDESTRIANS BY REQUIRING SCAFFOLDING TO MAINTAIN SIDEWALKS DURING YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT High prai...