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> the black hole that is the DOT approval process Once one reads a number of successful and unsuccessful applications and their interpretation and implementati

> the black hole that is the DOT approval process Once one reads a number of successful and unsuccessful applications and their interpretation and implementation (including the substantive laws/rules, procedural laws/rules, and administrative court precedents), I think the DOT approval process would be rather clear. These processes are usually extremely verbose and pedantic for this reason. Once again I think lack of access to the law (e.g., lack of access to court decisions ala PACER) is a fundamental contributing cause underlying your claim.

wheelchairuser 10y ago
Yes absolutely. However, at the same time if I'm understanding you correctly, if we take it one step further, even assuming we have easy access to court decisions, is the DOT approval process an absolute necessity to reevaluate each X number of cutouts in NYC? Would this mean that a wheelchair user should plan weeks (months) ahead to google street view every cutout within a 10 block radius of his/her destination and make a request to have it become a DOT approved ramp?
- esbranson 10y ago
  > even assuming we have easy access Then I would assume this discussion could take place. Here and now. And we could possibly come to a quick and painless basic common-ground agreement. But alas... I would assume whatever law, rule or judicial decree required them also described their purpose. I would really need the entire set of such descriptions, preferably in neighboring places also, to even begin that discussion. > Would this mean that a wheelchair user should ... These are domain-specific policy questions that really can't be answered yet, by me. (By most people, within reason.) A general plan that's been put forward is that, after the law becomes machine-readable and widely accessible, regulatory compliance like this will become increasingly automated.

wheelchairuser 10y ago

Yes absolutely. However, at the same time if I'm understanding you correctly, if we take it one step further, even assuming we have easy access to court decisions, is the DOT approval process an absolute necessity to reevaluate each X number of cutouts in NYC? Would this mean that a wheelchair user should plan weeks (months) ahead to google street view every cutout within a 10 block radius of his/her destination and make a request to have it become a DOT approved ramp?

esbranson 10y ago
> even assuming we have easy access Then I would assume this discussion could take place. Here and now. And we could possibly come to a quick and painless basic common-ground agreement. But alas... I would assume whatever law, rule or judicial decree required them also described their purpose. I would really need the entire set of such descriptions, preferably in neighboring places also, to even begin that discussion. > Would this mean that a wheelchair user should ... These are domain-specific policy questions that really can't be answered yet, by me. (By most people, within reason.) A general plan that's been put forward is that, after the law becomes machine-readable and widely accessible, regulatory compliance like this will become increasingly automated.