PATHETIC PASEO

MISERABLE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE

IN HEART OF DOWNTOWN CORAL GABLES

We hope this narrow, bumpy, crummy excuse for a paseo is a private property thing that the City of Coral Gables has no control over.

Saw a visitor almost fall from her wheelchair.

She asked if it was leftover dumped asphalt or an official path.

It seems to be an official city paseo – because it’s decorated with a huge city mural.

How can hundreds of city employees and officials walk past this every day and not see it is a tripping hazard and too narrow/bumpy to accommodate those who use wheelchairs for mobility?

WAR ON WHEELCHAIR ACCESS

 CITY DECIDES PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE NOT WORTHY                   OF OUTDOOR STREET CAFÉ SEATING

What city spends millions of dollars making its main street more pedestrian friendly and inclusive?

Then permits 100% of sidewalk cafe tables that are high tops completely inaccessible to wheelchair users.

This is Coral Gables ON Miracle Mile.

This is in the public right of way, so there must be some kind of permitting.

Who allows a design that discriminates against people with disabilities?

It is called ableism.

It is just as bad as not allowing people of color to sit there – which would be racism.