Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Tough to roll the walk

Officials know the Jacksonville, Fla. river walk, over 20 years old in places, is difficult to access for wheelchair users in some stretches. "We won't have much wheelchair use," says Riverwalk architect Melody Bishop in this jaxdailyrecord.com article. "It's difficult to negotiate."
Hard to figure why that is acceptable in this day and age. Then again, recognition is the first step to doing something about it.

1 Comments:

At 3:10 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Things get much clearer when local businesses realize that people with disabilities may be a new revenue stream. You would think that these issues would be resolved because it's the right thing to do. But, money talks...

 

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