Sidewalk Accessibility: "Perils For Pedestrians"

Here's what happens when there is no room for people with disabilities even on the way to the inn.

 

--The Coordinator of Research at the US Access Board explains how the Americans With Disabilities Act applies to sidewalks.

 --A lawyer in Barden v. Sacramento discusses the lawsuit, which determined that sidewalks are a government program covered by the ADA.
 
--A plaintiff in Barden v. Sacramento describes the negotiations that led to the settlement.

 "Perils For Pedestrians" appears on public access cable stations in many cities across the United States; and on DISH Network 9411 -- The Universityhouse Channel -- Tuesdays at 9:30 PM Eastern, 6:30 Pacific. You can purchase a DVD of this program by contacting the producer.

"Perils for Pedestrians" is a public affairs series promoting awareness of issues affecting the safety of people who walk and bicycle. We interview pedestrian and bicycling advocates, planners, and government officials about problems such as missing sidewalks and crosswalks, dangerous intersections, barriers to children walking to school, and obstacles to wheelchair users and people with disabilities -- and solutions to those problems.