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DrunkWoodchuck t1_ixha1ih wrote

Reply to comment by SeaCommercial1996 in Disabilities organizations, individuals sue DC over new bike lane designs by ekkidee

Not at all. It’s only damned if you refuse to adopt well-known and successfully implemented accessibility strategies in your infrastructure.

> This is not a choice between accessibility and bicycle lanes. These disability barriers are not necessary; rather, they result from the District’s systemic failure to adopt available, well- known, accessible designs for on-street parking and curb access—including practical solutions for bicycle lanes.

DC could have used an accessible bike lane design, they just chose not to.

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SeaCommercial1996 t1_ixhew9i wrote

Curb side bike lanes are safer for bikes. Curb side parking is more accessible and safer for those who need it.

someone gets the shaft either way. It’s a lose lose situation.

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DrunkWoodchuck t1_ixj77yx wrote

Nobody gets the shaft with sidewalk-level bike lanes, which is what DC should have done from the start.

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