Informal_Avocado_534 t1_iu8igia wrote on October 29, 2022 at 11:37 AM

Reply to comment by mcvoid1 in Accessibility by balou918

Excuses. Some of the most accessible cities in the world are old cities with weird layouts and/or in cold places. And plenty of Pittsburgh is at reasonable grades.

We’ve chosen not to invest in makes our streets better for everyone. Aligned sidewalk ramps. Wider sidewalks at the expense of roadway width (we all end up as sidewalk users). Modern sidewalk materials and maintenance.

And stop fucking parking on sidewalks, you pieces of shit.

DarkKnyt t1_iu8og27 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 12:42 PM

In neighborhoods that 'we' often means the homeowner themselves. They are usually responsible for the 'public' sidewalk to the curb. The city and boroughs could offer incentives for repair but at $10k or more for a reasonable house's frontage, lots of folks are noping out of that.

I find that publicly or public service organization owned sidewalks are pretty reasonable - ramps and bump indicators at the intersections I think are all city so calling 311 can probably make some movement there. But I live in north Oakland: compare the sidewalks in front of little nippers and tamarind (and neighborhoods) to the high dollar ones outside Oakland Catholic, PNC bank, and the new cmu residence hall.

mcvoid1 t1_iu8x6gh wrote on October 29, 2022 at 2:00 PM

Most of the cities in that list don't have to deal with the things Pittsburgh does.

Singapore is flat, mostly built up after cars were around and is close to the equator and so it doesn't have the freeze/thaw cycle.

Denver, while high up, is dry and with the exception of the western outskirts mostly flat and able to be gridded pretty cleanly.

Barcelona is ancient and not made for cars, but has a very temperate climate and so it also doesn't have that freeze/thaw thing going on.

Warsaw's flat. Melbourne's kinda flat.

Oslo - well you have me there.