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Because when asked nicely to design accessible buildings very little was done, it required legislation that seems counterintuitive at first, however, if you des
by tudorw 7y ago
Because when asked nicely to design accessible buildings very little was done, it required legislation that seems counterintuitive at first, however, if you design for all from the outset, then this is a non-issue. The internet needs to learn this too.
- curiousgal 7y agoYes but if there's an accessible alternative then where's the issue? In this case the offices had conference rooms that were wheelchair-accessible. Sure this means able-bodied people had twice as much access to something but hasn't that always been the case? Like, if you can walk, you can take either the stairs or the ramp to get into a building.
- paxys 7y agoLiterally in the next line he says that the conference rooms were always booked and not really an alternative (which is pretty standard in any office)
- curiousgal 7y agoThat's a different issue now isn't it? Access is provided but not guaranteed. You don't see cities with bike lanes forcing those lanes to be clear.
- YawningAngel 7y agoI don't think it is a different issue. The object of the exercise is to allow disabled people to participate on an equal footing. A few nominal concessions that aren't sufficient to achieve this does not do that. I don't think blocked cycle lanes are a good point of comparison as they don't fulfil their intended function when blocked.
- CathedralBorrow 7y agoIf the accessible alternative isn't really an alternative then I don't think that's a different issue at all.
- spats1990 7y ago>You don't see cities with bike lanes forcing those lanes to be clear. Yes, you do (if I understood what you mean correctly): https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/cdot/supp_info/bicycling_-_parkingordrivingcarsinbikelanes.html https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/cdot/supp_info/bicycli...
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- reportgunner 7y agoThere was a short movie about this, it's called 2081.