Recent Streetsblog USA posts about sidewalks

The Case for Municipal Sidewalk Clearance

By Michael Podgers | Oct 20, 2021 | No Comments

Better Streets organizer and local planner, Michael Podgers, makes the case for municipal sidewalk clearance in Chicago.

National Landing in Northern Virginia, where the local business improvement district wants to convert an elevated highway that divides National Landing’s downtown into a walkable boulevard with narrower lanes and slower car speeds. Image: Sblover99/Wikipedia, CC

Op-Ed: Will States and Feds Let Cities Tame Urban Highways?

By Scott Beyer | Sep 23, 2021 | No Comments

Urban highways are a fixture of city life in the U.S. — but much of the time cities don’t control them. Could that change?

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.

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How to do Streetside Dining Right

By Robert Bookman | Aug 10, 2021 | No Comments

The Open Restaurants program, founded during the pandemic, deserves to be a permanent part of the cityscape. Here are some common-sense steps.

A street in North Baltimore, Md. with a badly damaged sidewalk. A series of orange construction barrels mark an uneven segment of alleyway pavement between two curb cuts that is filled with dried mud and would likely be impassible to many people using assistive devices. Parking lots and brick row homes stand in the background. Image: Max Pixel, CC

Why City Sidewalks Still Miss the ADA Mark

By Kea Wilson | Jul 28, 2021 | No Comments

People with mobility challenges in Baltimore, Md. are celebrating the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act this week by filing a lawsuit demanding their city actually follow the historic law — and communities across the country could be the target of similar lawsuits soon.

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OPINION: Sorting Out Space for Pedestrians and Cyclists

By Michael King | Jul 16, 2021 | No Comments

What the next mayor can do for safety. (Hint: widen sidewalks at the expense of car lanes.)

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