Urban Travel, Sustainability & Accessibility

WHEELCHAIR USERS IN DIVERSE PLACES ALL OVER THE WORLD Disability Visibility Project: The High Line New York.  Internationally acclaimed li...

OR BACK OF BUILDINGS ARE BIGOTED ABLEISTS. PERIOD. Wheelchair ramps are an abomination. They ruin the façade. Fire escapes. So sculp...

ARE ACCESSED BY ELEVATORS – FIX THIS MAYOR MAMDANI The MTA's 2025-2029 Capital Plan commits nearly $7.1 billion to station accessibili...

THEY ARE ESSENTIAL TO INCLUSIVE MOBILITY WITH DIGNITY Too much patchwork, narrow & dangerous curb ramp in one of the busiest places in...

DURING SIDEWALK REPAIRS AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION This is a great way to safely maintain wheelchair accessible pedestrian mobility when th...

IT IS TOXIC ABLEISM Many ableists think now that we have home delivery of food, medicine, clothes, etc. — there is no need to make the bui...

PATH OF TRAVEL IS LEVEL, GENTLY GRADED, UNOBSTRUCTED & OVERALL OUTSTANDING & RAMPED/ELEVATOR ACCESS IS GOOD The High Line has five...

NO, THEY ARE THERE BECAUSE THE SIDEWALK IS NOT SAFE 99 times out of 100, when a wheelchair user takes the bike lane instead of the sidewal...

WHEELCHAIRS = FREEDOM, NOT LIMITATION Industrial Designer Kazuo Kawasaki's goal was to create a wheelchair that felt as good, and look...

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

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

LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS HUNDREDS OF REGULATIONS FOR CARS IN STREETS – BUT WE SHAMEFULLY HAVE VIRTUALLY NO REGULATIONS TO PROTECT PEDESTRIANS ON...

CLOSING SIDEWALKS FOR YEARS VIOLATES THE ADA AND EVERY MORAL OBLIGATION TO SAFE MOBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES PLUS ALL PEDESTRIANS Y...

MIAMI CLOSE SIDEWALKS FOR YEARS WHILE PEDESTRIANS, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, RISK THEIR LIVES CROSSING THE STREET TO CONTINUE THE...

I HAVE DONATED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF PRO BONO UNIVERSAL DESIGN, PLANNING AND MOBILTY EXPERTISE I have, for the past decade, se...

IT’S THE LAW.  MIAMI BEACH IS VIOLATING IT This bumpy, steep & horrible 20+ feet of tar pretends to be an ADA accessible sidewalk. This ...

WHEELCHAIR USERS CANNOT SEE WHAT’S COMING BEFORE CROSSING    BUSY ALTON ROAD AND LINCOLN ROAD IN MIAMI BEACH Every wheelchair user’s safety ...

THESE MACHINES DO NOT BACK UP OR MOVE OUT OF THE WAY OF WHEELCHAIR USERS When I see a delivery bot parked on a sidewalk, I worry about w...

THAT DELIVERS FREEDOM, INDEPENDENCE, MOBILITY AND DIGNITY?   “I’d rather die than use a wheelchair,” says the bigoted woefully ignorant ab...

HOW TO DETECT ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES IN ANY PROPERTY My five minute video is online, unlocking the value of Universal Design for millions of...