Napoleon
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Beautiful bridge, but what about handicapped accessibility? In the US this would be a non-starter. I'm often shocked at how inaccessible Toronto is.
Beautiful bridge, but what about handicapped accessibility? In the US this would be a non-starter. I'm often shocked at how inaccessible Toronto is.
Beautiful bridge, but what about handicapped accessibility? In the US this would be a non-starter. I'm often shocked at how inaccessible Toronto is.
In this instance does it make sense for the bridge(s) to be accessible? As it stands the boardwalk and the waterfront at large will be.
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I don't know this area very well. Just more of an observationAgreed. Not like it would be the only route or option. It's like complaining that a flight of stairs is inaccessible when there's a ramp a few feet away.
I don't know this area very well. Just more of an observation
Agreed. Not like it would be the only route or option. It's like complaining that a flight of stairs is inaccessible when there's a ramp a few feet away.
But there would be no ramp a few feet away. Pedestrians would be able to walk up the bridge. People in wheelchairs would have to go all the way around the slip--a decidedly second-class experience of the waterfront.
There should be a way of building the bridges without the massive ramps yet still ensuring they're fully accessible. One solution might be to include a device that can move wheelchairs. It's probably just a matter of finding the right engineers.
There's also little clearance for motorboats in that design. The wood beams would probably end up beaten up after a few years--dented and splintered from impacts with the edges of boats.
Lift devices in a harsh exposed environment like a bridge by the lake that will in all likelihood break down every 5 days? I am not sure if that constitute a particularly accessible solution.
You can easily get around that by putting buoys in to restrict the path of the boats.
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I'm confident there's an engineering solution. It may be more expensive, but it's possible to achieve the just result of a waterfront accessible to all.
I think some would still hit the top with accessories like sun screens and antennas causing visible but non-structural damage.
I know the US is further behind on Accessibility than Toronto, but I don't think it would be a non-starter there ... they'd consider it as well.Beautiful bridge, but what about handicapped accessibility? In the US this would be a non-starter. I'm often shocked at how inaccessible Toronto is.
I know the US is further behind on Accessibility than Toronto, but I don't think it would be a non-starter there ... they'd consider it as well.
Though why one needs an accessibility here, when there's another path I don't know.