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However there should be a balance. Look at parking lots — the ratio of disabled spaces to standard spaces is not the same ratio as disabled people to non-disabl
by briandear 4y ago
However there should be a balance. Look at parking lots — the ratio of disabled spaces to standard spaces is not the same ratio as disabled people to non-disabled people.
And sometimes it’s ridiculous: drive through ATMs with braille for instance. Private motel swimming pools requiring wheelchair lifts. That extreme additional cost means that many motels just won’t have a swimming pool at all — so everyone is worse off. But you can’t charge disabled people a swimming pool surcharge since that discriminatory. So it raises costs for everyone. By the way, I am referring to private building codes, not taxpayer-funded projects like sidewalks.
- hinkley 4y agoDo you suppose that perhaps disabled people take longer to shop? Certainly you’ve heard of Little’s Law if you hang out in HN?
- lukas099 4y agoIt probably costs less to have drive through ATMs with braille, because they can reuse the braille signage from the non-drive through ATMs.
- asdff 4y agoOther things that can add cost fast are having too many elevators. I've been in 4 story buildings with 4 separate elevator shafts before that didn't have nearly the population or staff to ever get more than two moving at once. That just means higher rent to make a return on those 4 shafts mandated by some ordinance, which probably hurts you especially if you can't work and are living cheaply on disability. A lot of ordinances have been written with no understanding of how it would look in practice or the costs to implement them in the market and what that will mean for people who have to rent these units.
- bigbillheck 4y ago> And sometimes it’s ridiculous: drive through ATMs with braille for instance. Passengers in the backseat.