Segways to aid in determining sidewalk compliance

Lily Kerns · 04-14-2011, 11:03 AM

This is an old article but interesting and might be of value to someone fighting for ADA compliance..

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...segway13e.html

The city of Branson Missouri redid their sidewalk access last year and did an absolutely lousy job--odd angles and slopes, unsafe even for pedestrians. Frankly, just driving by I was too scared to even try them out. I was down there last week and they have redone most of those with slip resistant surfaces and improved slopes. Somebody must have complained. (sadly, not me...)

KSagal · 04-14-2011, 11:38 AM

I had never known just how bad the sidewalks in my town were till I started using my segway. It has brought me to many a town meeting or debate with information from street level that I never knew before.

Perhaps what I need are 6 inch curb feelers off each side, making the machine about 36 inches, which I believe is what is required as a minimum width around all obstructions. It still amazes me how many poles and items are in the middle of the sidewalk.

Lily Kerns · 04-14-2011, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by KSagal

I had never known just how bad the sidewalks in my town were till I started using my segway. It has brought me to many a town meeting or debate with information from street level that I never knew before.

Perhaps what I need are 6 inch curb feelers off each side, making the machine about 36 inches, which I believe is what is required as a minimum width around all obstructions. It still amazes me how many poles and items are in the middle of the sidewalk.

I caught one example of this out of the corner of my eye in Branson. and Rolacoy's experience in Canton TX with the push button for crossing a street is another example of this kind of careless planning. I don't think it is deliberate. It just means that they have never checked on themselves from wheelchair level--let alone on a Seg.. I experienced that in Springfield's green trails where the button was so far from the sidewalk that I had to dismount to push it.

Lots and lots of education to be done!

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Lily Kerns Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: SW Missouri, near Springfield Posts: 875	Segways to aid in determining sidewalk compliance This is an old article but interesting and might be of value to someone fighting for ADA compliance.. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...segway13e.html The city of Branson Missouri redid their sidewalk access last year and did an absolutely lousy job--odd angles and slopes, unsafe even for pedestrians. Frankly, just driving by I was too scared to even try them out. I was down there last week and they have redone most of those with slip resistant surfaces and improved slopes. Somebody must have complained. (sadly, not me...) __________________ Lily Kerns ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Faculty: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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