Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Accessibility

Pedestrian "beg" buttons, like this one in Idaho Falls, will no longer be built be facing the street when PROWAG becomes the standard. Image courtesy of the author.

Feds Adopt Better Street Accessibility Guidelines — But Will They Make a Difference?

By Don Kostelec | Dec 17, 2021 | No Comments

Even though the ADA was passed more than 40 years ago, we have never had official accessibility standards tailored to things like sidewalks. That’s about to change — but how fast state and local agencies will act remains to be seen.

Talking Headways Podcast: Not Just Wires, Pipes, and Roads

By Jeff Wood | Dec 16, 2021 | No Comments

This week, we’re talking about the importance a systems approach in interconnected topics like transportation, education, and health care (yes, they're interconnected!).

Image description: An African American woman wearing a pink sundress walks along a rural road using a white cane. Via Disability Mobility Initiative

*Note on Image Descriptions: The authors of the report from which these images are sourced asked their interviewees to describe themselves and anything they wanted
to include about their identities for the Image Descriptions. If they chose not to provide us a description,
the authors described what they saw in the image the interviewees shared for accessibility purposes.

We Can't Ignore Non-Drivers With Disabilities

By Kea Wilson | Aug 30, 2021 | No Comments

People with disabilities who don't drive are being left behind by accessibility efforts that ignore their unique and diverse needs — and centering them in city-building efforts can carry benefits for everyone, a new study argues.

OPINION: Don't Gut Bike/Walk Funding

By Marisa Jones | Aug 3, 2021 | No Comments

Bike and pedestrian advocates should not be fooled by a duplicitous amendment forwarded by Congress.

Senator Tammy Duckworth sits in her wheelchair on a sidewalk in front of a green lawn. She is wearing black glasses, a grey blazer, a white dress shirt, and a black and white polka dotted skirt. Source: Wikimedia Commons

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Tammy Duckworth: Every Station Must Be Accessible

By Kea Wilson | May 20, 2021 | No Comments

A groundbreaking new bill would help make every transit station in America accessible to American residents with disabilities — and stop critical accessibility improvements from being put off a moment longer.

OPINION: New York Needs a ‘Disability’ Agenda

By Rebecca Lamorte | Mar 10, 2021 | No Comments

The status quo of inaccessibility must be done away with immediately, says one Council candidate from the Upper East Side.

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