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mizmoose t1_iu770ry wrote

My two favorite "trying to navigate Pittsburgh while disabled" tales:

  • Under poor planning: In the South Side, one of the kerb cuts was right next to a sewer grate with wide bars, facing the same way as you'd travel, not against. So you risked wheels getting stuck in the grate.

  • In the Selfish Jerks category: I parked in a lot at the South Side Works and was coming up the sidewalk with some friends. As we approached a building with a driveway, someone pulled into the driveway - right in front of us - parked their car on the sidewalk instead of pulling all the way in, jumped out, and ran off.

We spent 5 minutes standing there trying to decide whether to key his car.

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chuckie512 t1_iu8n775 wrote

Parking on the sidewalk happens everywhere in the city. It's crazy.

There's even a downtown surface lot that uses the sidewalk on Penn when their lot is full, with no enforcement from the city stopping them.

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