Stu.Turk@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Stu Turk) (07/18/90)
Index Number: 9204 > There are strick specification for the incline of ramps > and curb cuts. I believe it is 1 foot of raise for each 12 feet > of ramp. Of course with todays approach to things the > responsible departments just slap it in with little regard for > specifications. = Sometimes they don't have much choice though Joe. When they have a high sidewalk and not enough room for the full ramp, or have a water main inspection opening in the sidewalk where the ramp should go, the've little choice but to fudge the specifications. What makes me laugh though is the times they put a ramp on one corner but not the corner at the other end of the block. I walk one block that they recently put a ramp on each corner but part way down the block is a private driveway without ramps... -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!129!26!Stu.Turk Internet: Stu.Turk@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org
dgl292@pallas.athenanet.com (Doug Lee) (07/24/90)
Index Number: 9397 In article <12807@bunker.UUCP> Stu.Turk@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org writes: > What makes me laugh though is the times they put a ramp on one corner >but not the corner at the other end of the block. I walk one block that >they recently put a ramp on each corner but part way down the block is a >private driveway without ramps... What caught my attention at the University of Illinois was a number of what I refer to as "short-cut ramps." These are created not by cutting cement out of a curb but by pouring a little block into an existing curb. The result is, at least for those I discovered, a rather narrow, occasionally uneven, and certainly steep incline. I doubt those things fit in the "one inch-foot" category. Not being a regular user of a wheelchair myself (the only times I remember being in one were during two hospital stays for asthma-related problems, when I was told it was for their liability rather than on account of my medical complaint or even my blindness), I can't claim to know how this affects such individuals; however, I have often wondered if they might be some cause for annoyance. (GEES! If I write a sentence any longer than that, someone's bound to call me Douglas Adams rather than Douglas Lee.) Doug Lee (dgl292@athenanet.com or uunet!pallas!dgl292)