How to design streets for everyone (Universal Design)

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Produced by Dave Amos in sunny San Luis Obispo, California.
Edited by Ryan Alva in Los Angeles, California.
Audio by Eric Schneider in cloudy Cleveland, Ohio.
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[@pbsterra]

Absolutely love this video! Thanks so much for collaborating with us. We really learned a lot from your expertise! 🚲🚶🚦

[@CityBeautiful]

Thanks! Go check out their video right here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ionFhp-Hbr6doZY

[@rhietpas]

I thought it was funny you both showed up in my subscription feed at the same time with same subject!

[@pbilk]

@@rhietpas haha! Yeah.

[@Gid-J]

Curb extensions are horrible. Turning lanes reduce traffic and the amount of cars on the road. Studies have shown that a separate lane for turning right on red reduces accidents when compared to curb extensions.

[@ZephyrGlaze]

"Raised crosswalks take crosswalks to the next level." Yes we could all hear the smirk and the wink when you said that.

[@MiCnWww]

Raised sidewalk is akin to the royal treatment

[@lemonade4181]

Yes. Curb ramps are just expected and standard (at least here in Canada) raised crosswalks should absolutely be installed in areas without curb ramps.

[@earthsteward9]

He's punny

[@edwardmiessner6502]

Absolutely! The whole intersection should be raised to calm the traffic not just provide a proper handicapped pedestrian crosswalk

[@petervan1353]

@@lemonade4181 another positive thing about doing this it slows down cars because it also acts as a speed bump (You see it a lot in the Netherlands)

[@iammrbeat]

I see you strollin'.

[@jaysinister7]

There totally needs to be a Mr. Beat and City Beautiful collab. What would it be though, I have no clue. But I love both of your channels tho.

[@lik7953]

@@jaysinister7 I feel like there has been already if I’m not mistaken

[@fiverZ]

You know there's no [.] in Mr, right?

[@haroldinho9930]

@@fiverZ what????

[@CortexNewsService]

I love it when my favorite KZbinrs interact

[@MistSoalar]

Accessibility really benefits to society as a whole. Curb-ramps help people with suitcase and large deliveries on dolly too. Not just people with disabilities or strollers. Crosswalk audible walk indicator helps us smartphone addicts. On web designs, ARIA-labeling for screen reader works as search engine optimization.

[@VincentGonzalezVeg]

My knees aren't happy with bending off a bike, like Im looking for an internal cab height for a car that needs the least amount of bending The kneecaps jump out the socket So I'm looking for a wheelchair & crutches We need sidewalks people can sigh conversation, if they're not def - it being loud or enjoying the nature sounds

[@saadmalik8384]

Wow I did not expect to hear about aria labeling here lmao

[@karlhenke91]

In Anchorage, AK, the overwhelming majority of walk signal countdowns are tied to the stoplight, meaning when the countdown reaches zero, the light always turns yellow. They are incredibly useful to drivers, especially on streets that frequently have ice on them. Driving in cities without this feature is much harder for me.

[@maknyc1539]

whats aria labeling

[@Jenny-tm3cm]

Two things I love, HTML and making things accessible to everyone (:

[@wesleyrm76]

Funny that you mention how helpful seating is, when it seems like so many cities are making seating worse in order to inconvenience homeless people. Maybe you should do a video on “evil design.”

[@nothereandthereanywhere]

You can look at the part 3:10, the arm in the middle are usually anti-homeless feature. This was built in the town I live in, the backslash was huge.

[@theductductgoose]

@@nothereandthereanywhere I was coming to the comments to see if anyone mentioned this. Arms on only the sides accommodate people who need them just fine, the one in the middle is purely anti-homeless disguised as accessibility. Essentially scapegoating those with disabilities.

[@Kenionatus]

Here's a video from a game design channel about exactly this practice: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIi9fXVueN6DmK8

[@bird2034]

It’s also referred to as “hostile architecture” if you’re looking for more information on it

[@DarkestDeeds]

I live in a city where you can't sit on the benches in most parks because someone is usually sleeping on it or has all of their stuff on it. Our homeless population is massive.

[@macallangiunta9825]

The obvious solution is stop guaranteeing car access on every single road. Everybody can be a pedestrian but not everybody drives a car...

[@ukyoize]

this. cagers are to uppity

[@KyurekiHana]

Try this, and you will literally have people start committing committing violent acts. Look up the 35th Ave NE Seattle debacle.

[@Coolsomeone234]

Tru that

[@pendlera2959]

@@KyurekiHana What about the car-free streets and plazas this very channel has shown in almost every video?

[@LisaBeergutHolst]

@@KyurekiHana Like motorists aren't already violent? 🤔

[@Taladar2003]

The bench at 3:15 with the man with the phone is actually an example of hostile architecture. Those middle arm rests are there so homeless people can't sleep on that bench.

[@HarryLovesRuth]

Someone else mentioned that earlier. I'm copy/pasting my comment to them. -------- That's one of those conflict points where people often use the needs of one group to harm another. I tend to think the best compromise is arms at the ends of benches so that those who need an arm for assistance as they rise are able to use it, but no arms mid-bench so that those who need to lie down (or perhaps lay down a baby to change a diaper) can still use the whole bench.)

[@kenbrown2808]

@@HarryLovesRuth better to have infrastructure where people who need to lie down can have a safe space, but that is probably the most difficult thing to implement.

[@HarryLovesRuth]

@@kenbrown2808 Only having a bench that has no arms available makes it rising from the bench difficult for those with strength and balance issues, as the video explains. That's why I think a bench that has arms at the ENDS ONLY is a good compromise. The center arms are definitely hostile architecture. I've gotten several responses to both places I've made this comment where people pass over what my actual point is. It is incredibly common for the conflicting needs of two groups to be used to exclude one group and scapegoat the other. One of the dirty secrets of universal design is that there is no true universal best practice. The thing that helps me may hinder someone else. Representatives from as many groups as possible should be included in creating design standards and those facilitating should make every effort to find compromises that will work for both groups.

[@kenbrown2808]

@@HarryLovesRuth right, and so many people promising to solve problems are really only proposing ways to disadvantage somebody else. the best solution to the "hostile furniture" situation is to make it so people don't NEED to sleep on benches.

[@kirkrotger9208]

Eh, I give benches like that a pass. There's plenty of room for a person to fit underneath those armrests. It's different if they armrests are designed so that's not possible.

[@CompletelyNormal]

Seattle has been experimenting with pedestrian-centric streets lately, and I'm appreciating it. It was originally a response to the pandemic where they designated certain streets as "Stay Healthy Streets," closing the street to through traffic, so you could only drive there if you were going somewhere on that specific street. The intention was that you could walk through the city without getting too close to other people. However, people liked the concept, and the streets remain closed to through traffic even as Seattle opens back up.

[@kelaarin]

How's that working for the businesses, though?

[@markb6978]

@@kelaarin I don’t know about Seattle specifically, but generally the effect of increased walkability on local businesses is pretty spectacular.

[@kelaarin]

@@markb6978 Depends on the type and size of the businesses, though. Small businesses can do well, but they don't contribute nearly as much to the city. Not working in Seattle - a large number of them are leaving due to other circumstances.

[@llamamem]

The pandemic sucks, but it’s been good for urban transformation in many cities. Lost of new experiments happening!

[@kelaarin]

@@runswithraptors Then why are cities BEGGING large businesses to put up monster warehouses, factories, and distribution centers? Because they get far more in taxes that way.

[@HyperCrow42]

Thank you so much for mentioning autistic & ND people. Often we get left out of disability discussions because our disability is literally invisible. Loved the video keep it up!

[@bethanygreenwood8655]

This!!

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

How? Make cars feel like they’re in the people hood, not the car hood.

[@mikeflanary642]

I always liked the way Amsterdam puts it "Cars are guests"

[@kenbrown2808]

"how do you make the roads good for everyone? declare cars to not be part of everyone" also known as "othering" which is a popular discrimination tactic. but definitely make things more pedestrian friendly, because if you make pedestrianning easier and more convenient, more people will choose that over driving, and that's good for everyone but the for-profit healthcare system.

[@Notmyname1593]

lol, this made me envision car gangsters and not car gangsters fighting for turf.

[@mikeflanary642]

@@Notmyname1593 people go insane if you propose limiting on street parking or lowering arbitrary parking minimums

[@wclark3196]

@@kenbrown2808 Oh yes. Let's not violate the rights of cars. Oh, wait a minute. Cars don't have rights, since they are inanimate objects.

[@BrazenNL]

This channel was recommended to me by Not Just Bikes, but your reality is so far removed from mine (I live in The Netherlands). Side note: your neighbourhoods look practically abandoned.

[@purplebrick131]

True, he's doing really good work teaching universal urban planning principles tho

[@dinahmyte3749]

I believe he lives in California, which is currently on fire and hitting record temps. My local neighborhood in the midwest looks like that during the day because the heat here is oppressive and the lack of green spaces and shade make it uncomfortable to be out for long...

[@princeoftoast6175]

Welcome to suburban America friend!

[@KyurekiHana]

Yeah, here in America it's accepted that everyone drives, and that walking is only something the homeless do.

[@sammymarrco2]

yeah in in American neighborhoods with single-family homes sing people out is not very common. Especially mid day because it's very hot.

[@oetgaol]

The perfect street should also have designated spaces for cyclists unless cars are traveling at really slow speeds. In stead of having the curb come out into the intersection you van also opt for making a centre island so cyclists and people walking only have to cross and deal with traffic one way at a time and giving them a breather in the middle of the street. Last roundabouts are a great way to increase throughput while also slowing down traffic making it safer for pedestrians cyclists and motorists.

[@KRYMauL]

The best streets I have seen are in Barcelona, but another even better one would have multiple types of transportation. Pedestrians on the sidewalks next to the shops, cars pushed away from the curbs that are protected by parking or bus lanes, and a median that has trams and bikes.

[@coreypowers2988]

I agree with this mostly but better to have the sidewalk come into the intersection than have an island/refuge in the middle. It exerts it more as a pedestrian space and is more comfortable for peds. Also, roundabouts are almost never great for peds. Great for vehicular traffic flow but they require space and make peds walk longer distances to cross a street

[@KRYMauL]

@@coreypowers2988 I understand this, but with the Barca way you have the modes of traffic not intersecting. I did add buses, but really I don’t know what was supposed to be on the curbs because I was there during a Winter Internship.

[@coreypowers2988]

@@KRYMauL oh no I agree with you 100%, My comment was replying to the the other person

[@kenbrown2808]

people driving long vehicles, like buses, hate bulbouts because it makes it harder to turn safely at intersections, but at the same time they are great, because a pedestrian can indicate intent to cross by entering the bulbout. roundabouts are great when they are used properly, but they take up more space than a traditional intersection, which means trying to cram one in where a traditional intersection was often just makes the whole ting awkward, and some drivers are almost militant in their refusal to understand how to operate one.

[@dinahmyte3749]

I hate my local intersection. Cars honk even when they have a red and I have priority. It's honestly annoying because 1. I refuse to run across a street, especially in Iowa where they have potholes, gaps, and cracks and 2. I have the right of way. :/ I get VERY overwhelmed sometimes walking, as I live near an airport and highway, so sometimes the sounds make it hard to see if that makes sense. So I normally wear headphones. I HATE having people honk because I stop and look around first, then they honk more. I personally think everyone should have to take pedestrian and bike safety classes as drivers, because THEY'RE the ones that can hurt us...

[@LisaBeergutHolst]

Something about getting behind the wheel of a motor vehicle seems to shut off the relational part of the brain lol

[@KRYMauL]

You do take pedestrian and bike safety classes it's called red asphalt and everyone falls asleep during it or forgets the moment they get their license.

[@blondemario]

This guy has a fantastic video on the histroy of "Right of Way"! Also useful if you want to learn of the origins in " It's getting like Piccadilly Circus ".

[@MiCnWww]

The car drivers think pedestrians are intruding on the car’s right of way because the road design prioritizes for the car. That’s why universal design is important.

[@dinahmyte3749]

@@MiCnWww It certainly doesn't help that it's 4 lanes at the end of/start of a hill and they only give me 15 seconds to make it across... :/ It's a badly designed intersection right before a major bus hub...

[@KyurekiHana]

We actually had someone on our Nextdoor who is blind-deaf asking homeowners to trim their plants growing over a sidewalk.

[@anilaurel]

Sprinklers left over sidewalks too. It means electric chairs/scooters can't pass by

[@pendlera2959]

@@anilaurel Not to mention anyone who just doesn't want to get wet.

[@Distress.]

I have aneighbor who has Bush growing in the middle of the sidewalk jutting out in a staight line. It's so ridiculous I find it fascinating

[@joshuakhaos4451]

People just dont tale care of their properties anymore. The street I grew up on use to be very nice during the 2000s, but now has ruined lawns and homes that look run down and faded. All this happened in the last 10 years only. In the 17 years I lived there, there were 2 homes originally that the owners never cared for. but all the others were nice looking. But in the last 10 years, that number has grown and become how most of the street looks. It got so bad with some neighbors that one of my friends parents across the street put up a fence after like 20 years of them living there. They couldnt handle the new kids hanging around on their back porch when they had no permission and or looking at the neighbor next to them let his lawn and house get worse and worse.

[@maknyc1539]

@@joshuakhaos4451 ok

[@Zeyev]

Speaking of strollers and the like . . . Years ago (in the 1970s), I used a dolly to carry some heavy books from my office in the US Courthouse in downtown Sacramento to a State consumer agency. I got to the building after a difficult walk with no curb cuts and faced stairs that I could not climb with the dolly. I found that the entrance I had to use was the loading dock at the rear of the building. I was a bit upset (read: furious) because I realized that persons in wheelchairs would be treated like cargo instead of people. I'm glad that we're finally making some progress. Thanks for the discussion.

[@kaitlyn__L]

Sadly having to use the rear trade delivery entrance is still all too common, even in buildings built long after the DDA (the UK’s ADA) was passed! Far too many new builds have stairs up to the entrance for no reason!

[@Zeyev]

@@kaitlyn__L How sad that both of our countries can't figure out how to treat all people as if they're important. I hope we continue to improve.

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@Zeyev indeed! Every time I’ve experienced it the staff have been apologetic and given me freebies or money off, but it was still humiliating to have to use the deliveries/fire exit each time (especially as it’s often only barely wide enough for my chair but not wide enough to push normally!) The regulations clearly need to specify THE entrance rather than AN entrance having level access. Like, it’s one thing to have 3 actual entrances for customers and only one is level access… it’s annoying to go round to the other one, but it’s not humiliating. But it’s another thing entirely when there’s only one official customer entrance!

[@indarapatrasuleiman5869]

i always advocated for reclaiming urban spaces in our city. I really hope the Philippines will give more importance to pedestrians and mass public transportation rather than bridge expressways.

[@pangolin83]

Wait till Skyway 25 gets built

[@yungbananaclip2822]

With Duerte in power, I feel expanding on a proto-fascist state will be more important with your government.

[@kiane9465]

Maybe in hundred years or so Metro Manila skyways will be staged as elevated public gardens. One can only dream.

[@karl-oppa5261]

hehehhe i like skyways and expressways, it will continue to expand and the best part is.... car/expressway haters can’t do anything about it 🤣🤣🤣

[@kirbyarroyo2118]

@@karl-oppa5261 are you acting like this because your parents didn't give you enough attention???

[@Romain_69420]

The main thing about these shared streets we got in Europe is that they're not car centric, they're tight and may not have sidewalks or raised sidewalks with a small gutter and maybe pillards separating it from the street

[@CzornyLisek]

Streets in Europe might not be as wide but they actually have usually bigger turning radi While in US You can even find corners without any radius. Also those with curb extension actually have bigger radius compared to "normal" ones Bigger radius = higher speed And hell even rly wide streets can be fully shared. It's more about making it painfully obvious it's shared street than how wide it is

[@Romain_69420]

@@CzornyLisek It's not all about width, as I said streets especially in downtowns are aften only one lane with no parking spaces and no sidewalks, you are level with the car traffic, the speed of high radius corners is balanced by the 2m wide lanes (about 7ft) which is way less than American roads. In downtowns most roads are also one way which creates a maze of tight roads snaking between houses which restricts véhicule use as it's inconvenient to navigate

[@CzornyLisek]

@@Romain_69420 Dunno about which part of Europe You're talking about But at least where I'm 2m would be below absolute minimum for smallest streets, well lane let alone whole street Also if talking about old towns or other places that had roads before modern standards, well they are old nobody gonna move buildings around to make road up to modern standards. Tho if You would look like something like Japan where they don't rly give a damn about preservation. They are in process of widening those stupidly narrow roads for quite simple reason of they can't fit normal fire engine nor ambulance. And as such they can't be much more than glorified taxis for fireman and patients.

[@Romain_69420]

@@CzornyLisek yeah I'm talking about old streets because new developments are built in an American style with wider streets connecting single Familly homes and commercial districts built in warehouses,. The concept of shared streets he's alluding to in the video is mostly present in historic and packed downtowns where a regular street wouldn't make sense. I'm talking about France btw and yes 2m is the absolute minimum but you can still fit a van or a fire engine through cause they're built on regular truck platforms

[@CzornyLisek]

@@Romain_69420 That ain't American style. That's simply there is geometry of full size emergency and maintance vehicles as well buses and there is how big road as such needs to be. In US roads are so stupidly wide in suburbs and what not, well to begin with not in all of them and it's no longer standard. Tho yeah how those stereotype stupidly wide suburbs roads got to be? Well simply at that time in US there was consensus that it's safe to leave space between lane and sidewalk in case of emergencies. And well it works as such You can see it even in Europe, it's just was not mandated to such extremes. The problem as it was later learned people simply speed like crazy on those roads and it decrease walkability as well make heat island effect worse. So now US is decreasing those suburbs roads to what's pretty much norm in Europe in new developments while Japanese are increasing widths to more less same standard. Nice example of converging design.

[@albinoguidedog]

As someone who is blind I'm glad you did this topic. People don't always think about us blind people when designing most cities.

[@mike7546]

Wait, how do you comment or does someone else comment for you?

[@albinoguidedog]

@@mike7546 I'm blind, not stupid. Us blind people can type and comment just fine without help.

[@mike7546]

​@@albinoguidedog nvm, i really hate it when people are so easily offended, i was asking a real question, and you didnt even answer it

[@albinoguidedog]

@@mike7546 I'm not offended. You need to calm down. I have a large phone so that I can see what I am typing.

[@JulieWallis1963]

@@mike7546 you and I had the same thought. Shame you was ridiculed for asking a perfectly nice question! It’s weird how disabled folk want to be accepted and treated ‘normal’ yet are happy to be rude when treated very normally. Our blind friend may not be very polite (or very blind apparently) but at least he’s as shitty as every other troll online.

[@bjdon99]

I would just be happy if suburban side streets had sidewalks on both sides. Far too many codes just have them on one side and not both.

[@lemonade4181]

Thank you. We need this in Toronto. Some suburbs have sidewalks on both sides, but not all.

[@SentientTent]

There's a bunch of sections without any sidewalk at all. Or a single sidewalk that switches to the other side of the road every couple blocks. I'd like those to not be the way they are.

[@pennyforyourthots]

Here's the main problem I see with this, in order for you to be "worthy" of infrastructure in the United States, you have to be seen as human. To many, this excludes disabled and elderly people, which is absolutely awful, but it's just the reality of trying to do infrastructure projects in many neighborhoods, especially local ones. We spend a lot of money creating infrastructure that lets us ignore problems, rather than face them.

[@LisaBeergutHolst]

See also: the poor.

[@aespa690]

hahahahaha

[@angelikaskoroszyn8495]

It's like the benches designed so homeless (and honestly all) people can't use them. Instead of trying to solve the issue it's easier to hide it and pretend it doesn't exist. After all any minority has wear vote force

[@prado1205]

@@angelikaskoroszyn8495 brush poverty under the rug

[@cookieridergirl]

I feel cars are placed above humans which is even more pathetic. The whole country is designed to travel by car. I rather not have a car but I’m feeling forced to get one because I simple can’t travel easily by walking and public transport. Public transport in a small city is just abysmal. Everything to spread out to simple walk or ride a bike. And there aren’t always sidewalks. So yea. Forget humans. It safer and more convenient to be in a car in this country than to live, breath, and walk like an actually human.

[@AquiPerto_]

Here in Brazil it's so hard to convince people how important and how good these little things are, we almost have no exemples to show and when we tell them about other countries (Europe, North America and Asia) the same excuses shows up, "This things doesn't work here" and stuff like that. I love this topic and im trying to create content about mobility and urban planning but here we have a long way up.

[@idromano]

It's exactly like this. It was only in the recent months when I started to learn about the Global Street Design Guide that I noticed how shitty & small sidewalks in Rio's ZN and ZS are.

[@Emot10ns]

Bro north america doesn't have this at all. We're doing the same thing talking about Europe and Asia

[@LilyFengari]

@@Emot10ns Depends on where you're talking about in North America. Some cities/local governments and states aren't doing anything like this and others have really embraced it. Its definitely a factor of where you live

[@belliaxen]

É foda. Brasil não possui planejamento de nada.

[@Waldemarvonanhalt]

If I ever were the dictator of a country, sidestepping all red tape, I'd know how to do city planning. Thanks.

[@sizor3ds]

You’d probably be interested in a video by GCP Grey called The Rules for Rulers

[@deanc9453]

Napoleon III? Is that you?

[@unbearabletruth4310]

Eh, no need to be a dictator, minister of transport should cut it in a republic (I think).

[@jubmelahtes]

This! Even as someone with usually "invisible" disabilities this all make the difference. Universal design makes me feel like the cities are for us aswell as people without disabilities, it makes people more independent and less dependent on constant help from others.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

In the UK, at pedestrian crossing underneath the wait button is a little nub, that turns when the pedestrians can walk, so people who are deaf and blind can navigate safely, it's also used as redundancy incase the beeping sound is working (edit : so it still has sound this is just as a backup). Also there is almost a whole language on the pavement (sidewalk) for blind people, Tom Scott made a video on them.

[@tsareric1921]

I was gonna comment about the Tom Scott video. It's one of the fee thing I like about UK streets. Shame some place are ignoring some parts of it, like high contrast colours for example.

[@rogink]

We also used to have beeping sounds for when it is safe to cross - but I can't think of any crossings near me that do that. Seems like a backward step?

[@maknyc1539]

scott tom

[@Alex-cw3rz]

@@rogink no we still have the sound the budget is a backup

[@8888k]

Here in Australia, curb ramps are at practically every street with a side walk - including neighborhoods. They are super useful for everyone - dragging a suitcase, riding a bike, etc.

[@Deckzwabber]

I hope that one day you won't have to ride your bike on the sidewalk any more

[@sangle120]

Sadly not everywhere, particularly in regional areas but I can even recall coming across this issue with a bike loaded up with kids in Canberra where there was no gutter ramps and the rig was not equipped for jumping a gutter!

[@sangle120]

@@Deckzwabber even worse is that in much of Australia it is also illegal to ride on footpaths so where I live (NSW) even if its the only safe option I have and there's no pedestrians around unless I have a kid with me on their own bike my understanding is that I could be fined (but I will still ride on the path being mindful to be very courteous if I do feel it is the only safe option).

[@sebastianjoseph2828]

I live in MD near DC and it's pretty hard to find a sidewalk that doesn't have a curb ramp (though admittedly there are several roads that need a sidewalk but have none). I can imagine other communities are worse though. Anecdotal, but my wheelchair using friend went to Lisbon for a conference and was surprised that he needed to plan out routes that had curb cuts. It's not as common there.

[@RyokoVT]

When you mentioned the extreme amount of stimulus we face in cities, boy did I feel that. I'm not neurodivergent, but I am hypersensitive, or a highly sensitive person, whichever is the more accurate term. I get extremely stressed out by really busy streets, as I literally cannot help taking in a ton of information, even emotional information sometimes. I'm lucky that in my city a lot of the paths I take are quiet and surrounded by trees, but if I didn't have those my cycle to work would be waaaay more stressful than it already is. And I don't get that luxury everywhere, it's taking some time for my city to become more pedestrian focused.

[@SylviaRustyFae]

FYI, as an autistic person; the vast majority of us prefer to be called autistic people, not people on the autism spectrum (and nvr people with autism). Its similar to why Deaf folks ask for others to not say people with deafness or people with hearing impairment, but instd say Deaf people. (Same with Blind folks; and why many disabled folks prefer to be called disabled people, not people with disabilities) The problem with all those other ways of wording it is that its meant to "humanize us" or "remind people that we're human"... but it doesnt do that at all. It others us and treats our differences as a trait that is less human. Ya wudnt say someone is a person with gayness or a person on the LGBTQ+ spectrum or a person on the nonbinary spectrum; so the same goes for these immutable parts of ourselves like being autistic or Deaf or Blind. For the same reasons you shud say wheelchair user and not person in a wheelchair or wheelchair bound person. Note: Both Deaf and Blind are capitalized here, bcuz that is what i have been told by such folks is preferred by them.

[@paxundpeace9970]

I think it is hard to speak for all of them. Some prefer it this way people with that or this disability This does not reduce them to the disability.

[@HarryLovesRuth]

Thank you for the labor you spent to highlight this. As a fellow Neurodivergent person (ADHD & SPD,) I thought he did a decent job of using disability first language. He wasn't 100%. Several of his sentence construction choices called for parallel language, and he began those sentences with person first structures that are common. ("Person using a stroller," for example.) As I have become more involved with the Disability community, I have struggled with adjusting patterns of speech and writing that push me toward person first construction. Language is a rapidly evolving organism that has many vestigial systems. It can be frustrating to hear person first language, but it is often more complex than doing a one to one swap. I would make suggestion to your post. Highlighting a mistake by analogy is often unsuccessful. You mention that one wouldn't describe a gay person as "a person who is gay," but that is actually a very common construction. It is even sometimes appropriate. "Members of the LGBTQ+ community" is a common construction when one wishes to emphasize that the LGBTQ+ community is made up of many different groups. Analogies also tend to flatten the experiences of those who are in the groups being used as comparison. I ran into this when I was pregnant and had to adjust my medications. In frustration I declared that an OBGYN wouldn't be so dismissive of a diabetic person who was pregnant and needed their medicine. My butt was lit up like a fourth of July firework because the hurdles that diabetic people have to go through in getting respectful treatment from physicians generally, let when pregnant are absurd. I've been more careful since then.

[@HarryLovesRuth]

@@paxundpeace9970 Person first language was the stated goal of many activists and activities groups for the disabled. Unfortunately, many of these activists and groups were acting *for* and not *with* disabled people. As disabled people have gained more power and self determination, they have been able to advocate for themselves. The preference for identify first or disability first language has become well established among disability organizations that are led by disabled people. The style guides of media organizations and the common parlance of people in conversation is slowly changing to reflect this preference. So while it is true that not every disabled person prefers identify first language, the preference for identify first language has become common enough to be the default. That said, when speaking with or of a specific individual, we should honor their preferred construction. Asking an individual person is usually received as a respectful question and the person is generally quite happy to tell you their preference.

[@SylviaRustyFae]

@@HarryLovesRuth Im in each of the groups i compared to that werent mentioned in this video; this isnt flattening my experiences, its a worthy comparison. And you wud nvr say someone is a "Person in the LGBTQ+ community" instd of saying "Theyre a lesbian woman" or similar if you kno exactly what they are. Or similarly, for those of us who are fine with the Queer label... You can call us queer people, but nvr people with queerness; and most of us queers wud rather be called just that instd of "Members of the LGBTQ+ community", as its just more succinct and more accurate. I am transgender. I am queer. I am ace. I am aro. I am pan-oriented. I am genderfae. I am genderfluid. I am nonbinary. I am nearsighted. I am autistic. I am disabled. I am neurodivergent. I am polyamorous. I am human; not "I am a person who is human" Hell, I am LGBTQIA+; as that even sounds far better to me than saying "I am a member of the LGBTQIA+ community." Thats why the comparison is so apt, bcuz it goes this way for so many diff things that are core parts of ones identity, specifically my own. Note: I am not a wheelchair user, but was mentioning them as thats related to the topic and i kno several of them; all of whom have asked time and time again to be called such, and not any other way that tries to separate their existence from the wheelchair.

[@HarryLovesRuth]

@Sylvia Rusty FæThey Since you have asked me to use identity first language in every instance when I refer to you, I will do so. (Your previous comments do not capitalize autistic, so I'm not going to.) However, "ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) person" and "SPD (Sensory Processing Disorder) person" are examples of identity first language that I find both awkward in its construction and demeaning in its description. "I am ADHD", "I have ADHD & SPD", "I am a person with ADHD & SPD" are all constructions which I prefer because at this time, my neurodivergences, particularly SPD, do not have well known titles beyond the ones that include the word disorder. Until such a time as ADHD and SPD can be specifically and clearly labeled with terms that do not include the word disorder, the only identity first language I prefer is neurodivergent/neurodiverse/ND/neurodivergent person. As an autistic person, do you feel that the term neurodivergent describes you? Do you feel that it describes me? I often see autistic people use "ND" as a one-to-one replacement for "autistic" when they speak of themselves and/or describe traits. I feel excluded when autistic people do that because it flattens the ND label to only include autistic people. I would much prefer that "neurodiverse people" be used when describing *all* neurodiverse people, and when a specific subset of neurodiverse people, like autistic people are described that the terms "autistic" or "members of the Neurodiverse community" be used. This is a personal example of flattening. I didn't notice the pronoun preference your username. I apologize for that. I read everything after Rusty as one word ("FæThey" instead of "Fæ They.") You are perfectly correct to describe your experiences as an LGBTQ+ person. That said, I stand by my word of caution when making analogies to communities of which one is not a member. It's very easy to say "You wouldn't say..." or "No one would say..." only to discover that, in fact, people say that all the time. That's the meaning I wanted to convey, and I apologise for the insult.

[@acore357a9]

Good lighting is also important to help women feel more safe walking after dark

[@jlee4039]

How can roundabouts be designed to be friendlier for pedestrians/people with disabilities?

[@christafranken9170]

They can have continuous sidewalks, making cars cross the sidewalk in order to get to the roundabout itself

[@KRYMauL]

@@christafranken9170 Or raise the roundabout to make it even more obvious that cars must slow down.

[@Jacob-yg7lz]

In the Netherlands they set back the crossing, so that there's a little space for a car to wait for pedestrians before speeding up kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqG0fpqYea-Dpc0

[@thefrub]

I've always wondered why the crossings don't just X over the center circle. Way easier than what we do now

[@Jacob-yg7lz]

@@thefrub Because people in the circle aren't supposed to be yielding, it's what makes roundabouts effective.

[@annabelholland]

The same goes with NYC subway and London underground systems. As both were constructed at least 100 years ago, they didn't consider disability access at the time. Now, they are both trying to make some of the stations accessible to all on existing stations by adding lifts and all new stations have to have disability access

[@confusedwhale]

But giving people benches to sit down lets poor people have a place to sleep, and we can have that now can we. And we can't let people sit down for free outside, we want them _consuming._ -sarcasm-

[@adanactnomew7085]

I feel like people who are very anti-hostile architecture don't actually live in areas with a lot of homelessness. I used to be like that but then moving to an area with a lot of homelessness you realize how much homelessness ruins public spaces, especially parks which become no longer usable. I don't blame the homeless people for being homeless, and support universal housing, but I don't blame a business for not wanting people to live on their benches.

[@confusedwhale]

@@adanactnomew7085: It would be better to eliminate homelessness by giving people homes.

[@pennyforyourthots]

@@adanactnomew7085 see here's the thing, in most cases the homeless don't actually do anything that makes an area less usable, I should know, I live in an area with a very high homeless population, and even then, most homeless people are not chronically homeless, so this anti homeless infrastructure specifically targets a very small portion of the population, while negatively affecting unintended groups like the disabled. The problem is not that the homeless make places unusable, they don't generate more litter, they generally don't take up more space, etc, it's that looking at homeless people makes people uncomfortable, and instead of this inspiring people to solve the problem, they would rather spend money on infrastructure that keeps them out of sight out of mind. I haven't actually found any studies that indicates that homeless people impact businesses in any significant way, which makes me think that this is more of a social issue than a logistical one. And this is all ignoring the fact that the homeless people are included in "the public", they have just as much right to use those spaces for whatever purposes they want like anybody else. We are making infrastructure less usable for people like the elderly, the disabled, and pregnant women, just so we can keep people from making others feel uncomfortable by existing. There's a difference between somebody making a public space unusable (destroying property, leaving excessive amounts of litter, etc) and you not wanting to use a public space because something in it makes you uncomfortable, but there is nothing physically preventing you from using the space. It's part of the larger societal trend of dehumanizing the homeless, we don't see them as people who also have a right to these public spaces, we see them as an obstruction to our usage of public spaces. If there was just a runner or a jogger who decided to take a nap on a bench, I guarantee you people would not be nearly as up in arms about it.

[@adanactnomew7085]

@@pennyforyourthots Homelessness does absolutely generate a lot of litter dude. My city's Oppenheimer Park is a prime example of this. It is literally unusable because it is covered with tents and is an unsafe place to be. It is rife with litter (especially with used needles which are extremely dangerous). It is unusable. It's not the same as a jogger napping on a bench because that is a rare instance. If a park was occupied by joggers all of the time napping I would have an issue with it. Likewise, many homeless people sleep in front of storefronts, making it extremely difficult for store or restaurant owners to conduct their business. I don't see the issue with store owners putting spikes or other hostile architecture to prevent that from happening. Using spaces doesn't mean living on them. A bench isn't meant to be lived on as much as a storefront or park is.

[@adanactnomew7085]

@@confusedwhale Maybe read my comment first

[@The98597thMark]

Glad to see a video on this topic! My big gripe with universal design is that still too much discourse is around "this is a good thing to do" rather than "this is MANDATORY". Especially the bare minimum ADA standard stuff, which even existing infrastructure should be forced to comply with. I live in Melbourne Australia (a city that likes to think of itself as progressive) and a good chunk of our trams and city buildings aren't accessible and have no date they plan to be, but born and bred Melburnians think it's the most normal thing in the world. Baffling!

[@thecatfromoregon]

Thank you for mentioning those of us on the autism spectrum! Even for us who are supposedly "high-functioning", using city streets is quite difficult. The downtown streets not too far from where I live I the bane of my existence.

[@trainsandmore2319]

In Japan, the sidewalks slope down slightly to road level as you get nearer to the crossing. This means there is no need for curb ramps. There are also tactile pathways on them.

[@saynotop2w]

In Irvine(CA), crosswalks are voiced for ADA. It’s kinda fun seeing outsiders get surprised by spoken warnings

[@steven.l.patterson]

I think the voice (“the walk sign is on to cross Main Street is on”) is preferred to the obnoxious sound as it’s not always apparent which crossing that sound is for.

[@kugul1683]

My Grandpa actually tripped on a curb in Australia, I never connected it with the street design

[@maknyc1539]

UH OH

[@vovan7349]

From 3:42 to 3:51, you show Valencia (Spain). I live 70 kms away, been there multiple times as I studied there and I can tell you that there are way more street lights than necessary in many areas. It is one of the most light-polluted areas in Europe. On the footage you can see those beautiful street lights being lit at "half capacity" (as in recent years the city's government seems to want to reduce light pollution) and it is still pretty bright...

[@CharlesGriswold]

I had to use a wheelchair for several months before I got my hip replaced. Boy howdy, did that suck. I gained a new respect for people who have to use them on a permanent basis.

[@kaitlyn__L]

For what it’s worth, those folding steel chairs hospitals give out are completely unusable long term, and we feel sorry that they make people recovering from surgery use them 😅 (The lightweight wheelchair was invented by a company called Quadra, run by just a couple of people making them by hand out of racing bike spec aluminium tubing. They were eventually bought out by Quickie who are still around, and making quite similar looking designs for their midrange and high end models!)

[@sakuradeva555]

I think it would've been cool if you mentioned things from a gender perspective too, like well illuminated sidewalks also allow women to feel safer walking alone at night, I just finished feminist city it was a fascinating read.

[@fauzirahman3285]

I realise how good or bad a city is designed sometimes when I started taking a trolley to the local shops when I need to carry more groceries. Interestingly Road Guy Rob also did a similar topic to this.

[@yatil]

It would be great if this video on universal design had closed captions (that are not auto-generated) to allow access for everyone :-D (And of course all other videos, too!)

[@charlotteice5704]

When you said you worked on this with PBS terra, I got a bit worried about whether this video was actually going to be good because there were no disabled people on boaed, but I think this was pretty well-done. I like how you emphasized the lesser known ways of making spaces accessible as opposed to just covering wheelchair accessibility.

[@jg-7780]

My neighborhood has curb cuts despite there being no sidewalks. I guess it helps parents roll their strollers onto the grass?

[@bringbackunions]

I worked at a middle school a month ago, while sitting close the office there was this kid who went to talk to the principal. I had noticed that the child about 12 years old had prosthetics from the knees down. He started by saying that he would like to have a chair by the classroom door during recess. From one thing to the other the kid started crying saying “this school is not nice, there is no benches anywhere”. He stated that he gets tired very often from walking. From his emotions and his words you could tell that this specific incident was not really about the chair by the door but a frustration of the planning that happens around us. The benches around our cities are purposely against people sitting down, anti homeless elements obstruct a bench. The worst thing about the whole situation is that the principal really judged wanted the kid to just stop crying. I know the principal I know that she would not take the necessary steps to bring this real concern to the underfunded public school administration.

[@boriz_]

I can hear NotJustBikes saying, "continuous sidewalks" echoing in my head. @5:47

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

Thanks for mentioning neurodivergence. A lot of people skip over us when it comes to designing for disabilities.

[@abel6846]

Two words: continuous sidewalks. I know you can’t have them everywhere, but you can put them in at a LOT of places. Also improves safety, bc cars have to slow down to get over.

[@BrumBrum2222]

The worst one for me is designing benches and bus stop seats to be perch stools. I need to sit down as standing for a long time hurts but those damn perch designs force me to face discomfort because rather than actually help homeless people they use hostile design to stop them sleeping at bus shelters but then of course someone like me with sensory and issues with flat footedness and how my muscles in my legs work come and its hostile to me too so its just hostile to everyone.

[@maknyc1539]

I AGREE

[@HarryLovesRuth]

I would like a both, to be honest. I like the rest rails, but benches are good for a wider variety of people.

[@BrumBrum2222]

@@HarryLovesRuth Thing is if society actually helped the homeless then you wouldn't need the hostile design but instead they waste money they could be helping homeless on putting in hostile design.

[@jaysinister7]

Raised intersections can also be used to easily close off streets for street events or public food and shopping events promoting local businesses.

[@sergel02]

I cross the street from the parking garage to my job’s building in downtown, and one of the nicest things they added was adding audible cues and signaling when it’s time to walk. It felt like such a small change but it made a big difference.

[@WorldsBeyondImagine]

Thank you so much for mentioning neurodivergent people, and specifically autistic people, in this video. A lot of discussion of universal design focuses on physical disability, and while that's *so* important to address, people tend to forget that neurodivergences provide design challenges, too!

[@ma_paya9140]

This is actually really sad to see. Where I live in England has a lot of these functions and hadn't realised some people were deprived of such basic things. All crossings are marked by bumped and lowered pieces of pavement and are coloured accordingly to the kind of crossing for those with diminished eye sight , all crossings have pedestrian crossings lights which beep when you can cross and also have a little knob at the button of all crossings for blind people to hold and spins when the traffic is stopped by a red light. Also those interstates look absolutely terrifying???? What awful design, why is there no lights!??

[@scoutintime]

thank you for considering neurodivergent folk :) also I'm from the UK and that crossing sound is kinda odd in enghland at least we have either no sound (they should really fix that most have no sound) or we have beeping

[@HoshikawaHikari]

Raised crosswalks take crosswalks to the next level. Was that intentional? XD

[@ahhh4117]

I'm on the spectrum and I've never seen ND people included when discussing universal design Yeah i actually love to be outside and people watxh

[@Infrared73]

I'd be curious about how seasonal realities affect these design options. Winter can create their own challenges.

[@LucarioBoricua]

Or in the tropics with intense rainy seasons. They're definitely doable, but whoever does the design must be mindful of the context they're doing it for.

[@LoveToday8]

It's all about the city prioritizing cleanup. Some European cities prioritize snow removal from sidewalks before clearing the road for cars. I'm sure there are other aspects as well but I'm sure weather-related elements can be incorporated.

[@bethanygreenwood8655]

I'm an autistic transport engineering/planning student and I cried at the inclusion of neurodiverse and autistic people in this discussion. Thank you

[@cfstonge]

Does anyone else notice the volume of his voice fades in at the beginning of every sentence about halfway through the video?

[@EibaProductions]

I really love the way of designing streets for everyone and not only for cars. There are even more ways to increase the safety for pedastrians. In the Netherlands, for instance, there are extra spaces for turning cars to see pedastrians and cyclists. Dutch cities are even retrofitted with different grids and street designes, depending on who the street should be using: There are different grids for cyclists, pedestrians, public transit and motor vehicle traffic. The concept there is not "car free", but "car light". Fortunately, they take these concepts at heart at my city one day.

[@scarylion1roar]

Public benches with armrests in the middle or between each seat are a hostile design to prevent homeless people from sleeping on them.

[@klemmonade]

One thing I see everyday and kind of wish you would talk about, is city buses and delivery trucks can never make turns in these tight intersections, and always hit the curb. Not really sure whats the solution, but these aren't for everyone, maybe the elevated one would work (no curb to hit) but you still need the turning clearance.

[@beardyface8492]

Solution is a 7.5T weight limit, & alternate routes for heavy vehicles.. Works in Europe.

[@PaulHo]

I really fucking hate being disabled.

[@PaigeMTL]

Hey bud, fellow maker of videos here (AKA don't want to waste your time). I scrolled though the comments to see if anyone has picked this up. It's a minor thing but it sounds like the compressor on your voiceover is slightly misconfigured or glitching, perhaps the noise gate. It causes a peak at the start of each sentence, for just 200ms.

[@MegaEricPham]

Before the video starts I really hope you say X styled crosswalks, whichis predominantly known that the Japanese uses. Where you have the normal squared 🔳 sidewalks people uses. But in the middle people can cross the street in an X formation. I personally found this the safest cause everyone gets to go and not just cross one side and waste time and reduces J walking. Once done, all cars can go (if we're looking at it that people who do follow common sense and traffic rules/laws) with little to no instances. By having the turning cars furthest like left turners go first then everyone else.

[@kaitlyn__L]

I hate waiting to cross twice at a four-way crossing!

[@Fauzan1812]

I'd like to live in places where these are at least being considered on

[@LoveToday8]

Wow! I didn't know those arrows at a small number of intersections in my city of Chicago have the ability to vibrate. When I traveled to Evanston, I heard a PACE bus announcing it was turning. I wish more vehicles had that feature. It would be very helpful for visually impaired folks.

[@forestreee]

Meanwhile, in my hometown they put barriers at the entrance of the railway station so you have to lift the suitcase over the barriers while entering.

[@thefrub]

You have a railway station, you're better than 90% of american cities. In most places even served by Amtrak, the train comes once a day at 2am and the station is just a parking lot. And it's more expensive than flying.

[@yoshig5278]

Raised intersections and having places to sit alone would make a HUGE difference in my area (there are at least three schools less than a 15 minute drive from my house; a universal design would def. be beneficial for all those kids too)!

[@Hamuel]

2:34 I'm pretty sure I've walked on that sidewalk before, but it may just look exactly the same as a sidewalk I've walked on before

[@liquidlethe]

For the past 2 weeks after finding your channel I've spiraled down an infrastructure, zoning, and transportation binge on youtube and I've been loving it! Thanks so much!

[@williamhuang8309]

In NZ, Curb Ramps are EVERYWHERE. If you find an intersection, it's most likely going to have a curb ramp. On some streets in busy places, they install bumpers which double as crosswalks.

[@BadDriversofMaryland]

this says for everyone but you really only talked about cars and pedestrians, what about bikes?

[@Unsubscribbled]

As someone who's noise-sensitive, I disagree that there should be small pockets of quiet space. Streets should strive to be less loud overall. Creating small pockets instead of reducing overall noise levels almost feels like we're not giving it enough thought. Not Just Bikes has a great video on noise in cities if you ever feel like checking that out. Other than that, great video! :D

[@fernandogil65]

I don’t have any disability myself, but a a personal experience that opened my eyes to this problems came from a very unexpected situation: Last year I started working for Amazon as a groceries delivery driver. Since I have to park on the street and not always close by the entrance of the place I’m making the delivery, I have to pull a wagon cart full of bags of groceries and water cases up curbs, or many ridiculous apartment buildings with 20 stairs just to get to a lobby just to find I have to go up and down 2 or 3 more stairs that lead to a hallway… On the same floor I was walking. Is very exhausting, but I feel very bad for people who have to do all that just to get around.

[@dinahmyte3749]

An update: I now live in Houston and it's so much worse. I honestly feel so isolated from the city because my street doesn't have a sidewalk and the nearest sidewalk is literally 2 feet wide and crumbling. I live near the red line and take a bus to my job 6 miles away, so it takes about 25 to 45 minutes and two transfers. Seeing sidewalks come and go, widen and disappear, so much of basic infrastructure is tied to local taxes and neighborhood money, and thus is classist, and in a big city like this, racist. :/ I'm on the nextdoor app and so many people would rather demean the unhoused instead of bettering the community...

[@MajikSo]

How to design streets for everyone? It is not possible. You can't have everybody happy. You need to choose who you design the streets for. Some folks love walking, other love their scooters, moped, bikes or cars. Each choice has its consequences. What you can do is to optimize for some dimensions. But not for all. Because people are different.

[@IanZainea1990]

Raise crosswalks I think are brilliant. I wish all of this was in the ADA. I was walking the other day and I saw a many pushing a walker. He has bad balance and he couldn't get up the ramp, before I could catch him he fell backwards into the street and hit his head. He was ok, and I escorted him home (a couple blocks away) and I've seen him walking since. But damn. If it were a raise intersection, that never would have happened, as he wouldn't need to traverse an incline.

[@earthsteward9]

Wouldn't you need sidewalks to be 2m wide for two wheelchairs, two strollers, or two walkers to go side by side comfortably?

[@flyingdart9819]

Also bike lanes would be good. If bike infrastructure becames good enough most ppl won't need cars.

[@aposterous4126]

Wait, there are places that don’t have curb cuts? They’re so common where I live, I’d thought they were a no-brainer Edit: this video as a whole is actually really interesting when you’re from a country where several of these suggestions have been put in place, like the ticking noises on the sing thingies

[@meredith5061]

Interesting presentation, thanks. I do like the Dutch shared street design. One comment as a cyclist is the extended sidewalk that narrows the car lanes at intersections is frankly terrifying. It pushes cyclists straight into the path of on coming cars. Car 1, cyclist, 0.

[@tauenjoyer305]

"4.2m is minimum" meanwhile footpaths in ireland are basically tight ropes

[@elianna838]

personally I think intersections and cross walks should be eliminated. They give drivers a false sense of security and they're annoying as hell when they're automated and stop traffic when no one is using them.

[@Deckzwabber]

Don't forget about toilets. Many elderly people or people with medical conditions can greatly benefit from knowing there's a clean and accessible nearby, even if they don't usually need to go between their home and destination.

[@prismaticerror6911]

As an autistic person, navigating intersections and when to cross roads is definitely much harder for me than the average person. Hence why i just jaywalk at narrower parts of roads, where there are only two directions for cars to come from 😅

[@cailawilliams1434]

The way I wish more places would design for the elements and heat in particular holy shit

[@BankruptMonkey]

I had to start using a wheelchair a few years ago even though I can walk some because my city removed all the benches to discourage homeless people, but in reality that made the city inaccessible and uncomfortable for everyone

[@chiot2875]

Maybe I will get old 🥺 no ones ever believed in me like that

[@brookejohnson9914]

I didnt even realize curb extensions were a disability thing. I thought it was just cities getting fed up with people parking too close to intersections.

[@guillotineschnapp3862]

3:12 fuck anti homeless benches (armrests or other design features that prohibit homeless people from laying down on them)

[@Gid-J]

Curb extensions are horrible. Turning lanes reduce traffic and the amount of cars on the road. Studies have shown that a separate lane for turning right on red reduces accidents when compared to curb extensions.

[@Lunavii_Cellest]

here in the netherlands streets are really designed for the people, there are even many streets where it so quite that children play footbal on the streets becouse car traffic is so low, since streets are meant for end destinations and not for trough traffic, adn these streets are also very safe with nearly all streets being small just enough for 2 cars and with alot of streets being made with bricks to increase road noise, and alot of streets are very bendy and not straight. and also, alot of streets have ver frequant speedbumbs and with most intersections being raised.

[@ciel_de_mars]

Im so happy that you thought of neurotypicals people like me thank you

[@MichelleTsang]

UDL is so important in every aspect of life. I wrote an undergrad capstone research paper about sidewalks in Seattle and the absolute mess they are in

[@RodrigoColimodio]

Fantastic video! I shared this video to my Universal Accessibility class group. Universal design is for everyone, that’s why is universal…

[@Tomas-eo6gk]

*laughing in European* This is our day to day streets. Now I appreciate more my streets

[@bluflavouredpudding]

I am autistic and live in a city with barely any sidewalks at all. Going even to the grocery store is a nightmare.

[@nunyanunya4147]

city lights us uv lights... im allergic to sunlight... where is me in this 'everyone'?

[@cyberi4a]

Benches are being removed so the homeless don't sleep on them, so having a place to sit in public even at bus stops is vanishing.

[@benlawrence309]

It's important to mention that shared spaces between pedestrians and cars need to be thought through carefully. The installation of shared spaces in UK has caused some issues such as increased surface maintenance and unsafe conditions for visually impaired people, due to a lack of physical barriers. That's not to say that shared spaces are bad, but just be aware about where they are going to be placed.