Comments on: Demanding Safe Passage for Americans with Disabilities http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/11/03/demanding-safe-passage-for-americans-with-disabilities/ Covering San Francisco's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: zsolt http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/11/03/demanding-safe-passage-for-americans-with-disabilities/comment-page-1/#comment-52691 zsolt Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:28:18 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=78251#comment-52691 That's not a "curb cut to nowhere". That's a ramp for at least two great parking spots. I can't believe the drivers of St. Louis are not snatching them up right away. SF drivers surely would have already. That’s not a “curb cut to nowhere”. That’s a ramp for at least two great parking spots. I can’t believe the drivers of St. Louis are not snatching them up right away. SF drivers surely would have already.

]]> By: Jamie Whitaker http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/11/03/demanding-safe-passage-for-americans-with-disabilities/comment-page-1/#comment-52671 Jamie Whitaker Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:12:22 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=78251#comment-52671 Impassable sidewalk in Rincon Hill for wheelchairs (or many baby strollers, for that matter) on the north side of Harrison Street between Fremont and Main Streets. On the north side of Harrison Street, in front of the US Postal Service's Embarcadero Postal Center, there is a fenced off stairwell (unusable)that leads down to Beale Street below. Because of that stairwell, parents pushing their babies in a good number of types of strollers and all wheelchairs are unable to traverse Harrison Street from Main to Fremont Streets. A parking meter makes the passable space even more narrow, forcing parents to do tricky things with strollers to pass by to get down to the waterfront or up to their homes further up on Rincon Hill. ON the south side of Harrison Street, there is no continuous sidewalk between Main and Fremont at the point where Caltrans property begins (333 Harrison Street, approximately) to the Harrison Street exit ramp off of the Bay Bridge. Again, this puts people in harms way and does not provide wheelchair (or safe baby stroller) access to the sidwalk. I've noted it to the Planning Commission, DPW (who plans on repaving Harrison Street from Main to 8th Street soon without any pedestrian safety improvements), SFCTA, and others - I can understand that money is not plentiful, but come on ... at least remove the stairwell on the north side of Harrison Street's sidewalk to allow for strollers and wheelchairs to pass without problems or safety issues. I think the problem is that the USPS is outside of the City's jurisdiction and the State (on the south side) is as well, so I don't know what the resolution is ... any advice to rinconhill@gmail.com is appreciated! So, yep ... we've got a ways to go to comply with ADA ... Impassable sidewalk in Rincon Hill for wheelchairs (or many baby strollers, for that matter) on the north side of Harrison Street between Fremont and Main Streets. On the north side of Harrison Street, in front of the US Postal Service’s Embarcadero Postal Center, there is a fenced off stairwell (unusable)that leads down to Beale Street below. Because of that stairwell, parents pushing their babies in a good number of types of strollers and all wheelchairs are unable to traverse Harrison Street from Main to Fremont Streets. A parking meter makes the passable space even more narrow, forcing parents to do tricky things with strollers to pass by to get down to the waterfront or up to their homes further up on Rincon Hill.

ON the south side of Harrison Street, there is no continuous sidewalk between Main and Fremont at the point where Caltrans property begins (333 Harrison Street, approximately) to the Harrison Street exit ramp off of the Bay Bridge. Again, this puts people in harms way and does not provide wheelchair (or safe baby stroller) access to the sidwalk.

I’ve noted it to the Planning Commission, DPW (who plans on repaving Harrison Street from Main to 8th Street soon without any pedestrian safety improvements), SFCTA, and others – I can understand that money is not plentiful, but come on … at least remove the stairwell on the north side of Harrison Street’s sidewalk to allow for strollers and wheelchairs to pass without problems or safety issues. I think the problem is that the USPS is outside of the City’s jurisdiction and the State (on the south side) is as well, so I don’t know what the resolution is … any advice to rinconhill@gmail.com is appreciated!

So, yep … we’ve got a ways to go to comply with ADA …

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