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ysabetwordsmith) wrote2020-10-10 02:11 pm
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Community Building Tip: Car-Free
For my current set of tips, I'm using the list "101 Small Ways You Can Improve Your City.
44. Organize a local car-free day. Every September 22 cities around the world participate in a global Car-Free Day, showcasing the possibilities of a more progressive commute and the advantages of walkable streets and biking infrastructure. Want to be inspired? Check out 14 beautiful car-free cities.
Regrettably, neither of the sites seemed to say anything about accessibility. Now if you're blind, not worrying about getting run over by a car could be a great thing. But for anyone with mobility issues, more often than not "car-free" might as well be "on the Moon." And it's not like we don't have solutions for that, I just didn't see anyone advertising things like palanquins for places where wheelchairs can't easily go. So if you're lobbying for car-free areas, remember to make them accessible to everyone. Even normally able-bodied people can be screwed the moment they break a foot, get pregnant, or have a baby carriage to push.
44. Organize a local car-free day. Every September 22 cities around the world participate in a global Car-Free Day, showcasing the possibilities of a more progressive commute and the advantages of walkable streets and biking infrastructure. Want to be inspired? Check out 14 beautiful car-free cities.
Regrettably, neither of the sites seemed to say anything about accessibility. Now if you're blind, not worrying about getting run over by a car could be a great thing. But for anyone with mobility issues, more often than not "car-free" might as well be "on the Moon." And it's not like we don't have solutions for that, I just didn't see anyone advertising things like palanquins for places where wheelchairs can't easily go. So if you're lobbying for car-free areas, remember to make them accessible to everyone. Even normally able-bodied people can be screwed the moment they break a foot, get pregnant, or have a baby carriage to push.
Re: Mobility Impairment
¿¿¿"Preferred" and "VIP" and "Staff" and "Vendor Sponsor" parking, but no Handicapped parking???
Re: Mobility Impairment
Based on your further observations, they may have been thinking "Let's keep the crips out." >_<
I stumbled across one store where absolutely every garment had some weird, aggravating feature like scratchy fabric, lace panels, fashion seams, etc. How do you keep freaks out? Make products they can't stand to touch. I'm not even sure it was deliberate, but it was very thorough. Most places only have a high percentage, not totality.
Re: Mobility Impairment
Good luck getting from there to the bathrooms.
they also misspelled parking in the "Handicapped Parkiing Area" of the map legend.