Submitted by theshakespeares t3_12251yt in baltimore
dopkick t1_jdou5xz wrote
Regardless of disability, the public transportation system here is not great. I would suggest you minimize your reliance on it as much as possible by being able to take single lines to your most common destinations. This will save you many headaches.
I can’t say I’ve paid close attention to how prevalent ramps are. But I feel like the city as a whole could be doing a lot better. Lots of businesses have stairs or thresholds of some kind.
Strangely, the city itself is making improvements by replacing nasty sidewalk sections. There used to be some pretty extreme sidewalks that were a hazard but many of those have been tamed. And sidewalks by intersections are much better with the ramps to street level. I say this is strange because normally the city is dogshit terrible at everything it does, but not here. I won’t say that it’s the most friendly city for you but progress seems steadily moving in the right direction.
sensualist t1_jdqn6rr wrote
Reading some of these other comments, it seems like to strange repairs are explained by a lawsuit re: broken and ADA non-compliant sidewalks.
dopkick t1_jdqo439 wrote
That may very well be the case. At least the city is doing something about it. There’s a LONG way to go but they have to start somewhere.
Considering how narrow some sidewalks are combined with the presence of signs and garbage cans I don’t think it’ll ever be perfect. That would be a massive undertaking.
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