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This makes no sense. What you call "curb ramps" is a part of standard road infrastructure in Germany. They're basically everywhere in Germany. If the Los Angele
by imtringued 8mo ago
This makes no sense. What you call "curb ramps" is a part of standard road infrastructure in Germany. They're basically everywhere in Germany. If the Los Angeles government can't figure out how to implement a practice that has been legislated for 36 years, then they deserve a kick in the balls that forces them to wake up.
The fact that 36 years of neglect coincide in 2026 isn't the result of a law that happened to pass 2025. That law was passed because of the 36 years of neglect. The asphalt patching strategy is just one more last ditch attempt at ignoring the 36 year old ADA law.
- crazygringo 8mo agoI could just as easily say that your comment makes no sense. Curb ramps are all over the place in the US too. And I don't know what on earth Germany has to do with anything. But the point is, if you force them to be constructed, then you need to pay for them. Maybe it's a "kick in the balls" as you put it, but without funding what exactly do you expect the city to do here? It can't conjure extra money out of thin air. LA isn't ideologically opposed to the ADA or anything. But it needs a whole bunch of money to be able to follow it. Money which hasn't been raised for it. Regardless of the past history, passing a law forcing the city to do something without giving it the necessary money to do so is not a strategy that works.
- sevenseacat 8mo agoI've been reading comments feeling like I'm going bonkers. We don't have 'curb ramps' here in Australia (like external ramps from the curb to the road? I can't find pictures of them), but the curbs have downward slopes at intersections to meet the road at road level, like a driveway. And that's pretty standard everywhere.