SIDEWALK WITH DRIVEWAY

HEAVEN AND HELL

The first example has a level, PROWAG-compliant surface — then an angled drive. 

It is heaven.

The one on the bottom is an endless driveway — beveled for an entire lot on a busy corridor.

The hellish one can tumble a wheelchair user into deadly traffic.

The city of Miami has dozens of not hundreds of miles of severely angled sidewalks — even in major pedestrian corridors  

Because we all know its worth having a few people with disabilities killed by tumbling into traffic — than it is for SUVs to have a slightly bumpy ride entering a driveway. 

YOUR CITY'S NUMBER ONE PRIORITY

IS ENSURING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IS ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE TO ALL

These are the saddest urban photos I’ve ever shared. 

When your city/county allows sidewalks to be obstructed, broken, too narrow — you get a wheelchair user rolling in dangerous traffic.

It’s risk death in the street or die in isolation at home. 

This shameful scene in on NW 17 St. in Miami.

People with disabilities NEVER are pathetic. 

The way we create a built environment that excludes them is pathetic, ableist and toxic.

Most municipalities never conduct a Universal Design audit of their sidewalks.

Sometimes I think city officials would rather have people with disabilities stay home & out of sight — rather than demand the access + inclusion that is their basic civil right. 

Cities don’t want to inventory inaccessible sidewalks because then they’d have to spend $ to fix them.

The active person in my photos, who uses a wheelchair for mobility, does not have a death wish.

He went back on the sidewalk as soon as it became accessible.