01-01-2017, 12:27 PM
(01-01-2017, 11:21 AM)ijmorlan Wrote: No front walk? Crazy!
One question I have about these trail guidelines is actually coming from the other point of view. I’m wondering about hiking trails. Clearly, a trail like the Spur Line or many of the other trails in town must be designed to be accessible to everybody. Similarly, if we’re going to build a pedestrian bridge over the expressway or a river, it should be accessible also. But it would not be at all appropriate for accessibility concerns to prevent construction of a hiking trail that is inherently inaccessible. I’m not sure what the proper dividing line is here. Perhaps whether a significant part of the use of the trail is for transportation (in which case it should be accessible to all), or if instead the purpose of using the trail is strictly to have the experience of using the trail (in which case we simply have to accept that not everybody can make use of it).
Yeah, I know. I was shocked and dismayed. I also have a coworker who is in a wheelchair and takes the bus, I've been meaning to ask him how he gets in now. I cannot imagine he can get from the bus stop to work now (less than a block walk).
As for trails, I entirely agree, there needs to be a differentiation between accessible recreational trails, inaccessible recreation trails, and transportation trails (always accessible) .