Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!yale!bunker!hcap!hnews!129!26!Stu.Turk
From: Stu.Turk@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Stu Turk)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: sidewalk ramps
Message-ID: <12807@bunker.UUCP>
Date: 17 Jul 90 19:38:59 GMT
Sender: wtm@bunker.UUCP
Reply-To: Stu.Turk@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org
Distribution: misc
Organization: FidoNet node 1:129/26 - SoundingBoard, Pittsburgh PA
Lines: 20
Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP

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