Mating Cows on Route 28 ‘Udderly’ Tie Up Traffic

…in a Work Zone, no less.

From the article:

“ADA and AAB regulations require pedestrian ramps at all street crossings. Pedestrian access routes, including temporary routes where there is construction, should all be accessible.” [emphasis added]

Good to hear!  All pedestrian work zones should be accessible, and the pedestrian traffic control devices used in  accessible work zones should be detectable.

From the article:

ODOT Director Jerry Wray says money freed by cost cuts and other measures make for an improved construction picture — “but still not as good as it could be.”

Your tax dollars at work? 

From the article: ”…the sidewalks around a complex designed for the disabled, aren’t accessible for the disabled.”

To honor the momentous event of 68 years ago, we post a memorable speech from 28 years ago:

From the speech:

“These are the boys of Pointe de Hoc. These are the men who took the cliffs. These are the champions who helped free a continent. These are the heroes who helped end a war.”

From the article:

“Here you are, driving down the street as drunk as you can be and you have no idea the kind of damage that can put a family into,” she said.

From the article:

This article does not pertain to pedestrian access in work zones per se.  But, it is indicative of the overall problem:  universal access is still an afterthought, if considered at all, in design and construction.

From the article:

“They contract out to architects who don’t know about ADA compliance, so design is developed and neither side knows if it complies or not.”

From the article:

“The Blueprint does not appear to be nearly as draconian as the proposals outlined last year by the Transportation Safety Board, the TSB calling for a ban on virtually all use of in-car technologies beyond the basic car radio.”