Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Accessibility

Image description: An African American woman wearing a pink sundress walks along a rural road using a white cane. Via Disability Mobility Initiative

Why We Can’t Afford to Ignore the Needs of 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.

Senator Tammy Duckworth sits in her wheelchair on a sidewalk in front of a green lawn. She is wearing black glasses, a grey blazer, a white dress shirt, and a black and white polka dotted skirt. Source: Wikimedia Commons

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Tammy Duckworth on Why Every U.S. Transit Station Must Be Accessible

By Kea Wilson | May 20, 2021 | No Comments

A groundbreaking new bill would help make every transit station in America accessible to American residents with disabilities — and stop critical accessibility improvements from being put off a moment longer.

A man folds a wheelchair next to a woman sitting in a van

Regulators Make Headway on Wheelchair Access for Ride-Hail

By Prashanth Venkataram and Mollie D’Agostino | Apr 9, 2021 | No Comments

The CPUC is figuring out how the details in a program to help ride-hail companies provide wheelchair accessible vehicles. Here are some thoughts about it.

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Bike East Bay Calls Foul on Ballpark Bike Access

By Roger Rudick | Apr 1, 2021 | No Comments

Advocates with Bike East Bay are taking developers of the proposed new Oakland A's ballpark to task for a lack of bike access in the project's draft environmental documents.

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VIDEO: How the MUTCD Cuts Off Food Access For Pedestrians

By Don Kostelec | Apr 1, 2021 | No Comments

Because of the strict adherence to the MUTCD we are denying some of the most economically challenged areas of our country safe access to food and recreation. Here's how.

Should Blind People in Berkeley Be Required to Buy Parking Spaces?

By Patrick Siegman | Jan 25, 2021 | No Comments

The City of Berkeley will be considering this question on Tuesday afternoon, when the City Council is scheduled to once again take up the topic of minimum parking regulations

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