My dad was wheel chair bound his last 7 years and hated everything the gubmint planners said was needed to provide him access. He said not one of them was probably ever in a wheel chair.
These aren’t really for the improvement of wheel chair access. They allow the blind and near blind to navigate sidewalks and determine when they are approaching a street.
Likewise, if the audible features to walk signals saying, “walk...walk...walk” are used, blind people can somewhat get around an area they are familiar with to walk for access near work or home even in urban areas.
“My dad was wheel chair bound his last 7 years and hated everything the gubmint planners said was needed to provide him access. He said not one of them was probably ever in a wheel chair.”
Based upon the experientally validated insight of your father, the solution is clear - break the legs of every gubment planner.
It might not help, but it couldn’t hurt. And, it would be so much fun!
Apologies to Sam Clements.
I can agree with him on that, I was in a wheelchair for 3 years. Things look a lot different when you’re looking everybody square in the butt.
My dad is in the city planning department. I tried to get him to convince his bosses that the person checking to make sure buildings were accessable should have to live in a chair for a year first.