Parking, crossing the street, entering a building, using the restroom – for most of us, these are daily activities we don’t give a second thought. For those with physical disabilities, however, these ...

EVERETT — Making it safe for a person with disabilities to cross a street is no straight line. There are 30 standards to meet just for a basic curb ramp, such as the degree of its slope and the type ...

Ever since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was enacted in 1990 public agencies and contractors working on roads, city streets and highways were forced to play a guessing game to determine ...

Across Oregon, thousands of pedestrian ramps along the state's highway system are intended to help disabled people navigate curbs safely. But the state still has an estimated 13 years of work to get ...

From 2007 to 2015, the nine years covered by Seattle’s Bridging the Gap transportation levy, the Seattle Department of Transportation built about 3,000 curb ramps, which allow people in wheelchairs to ...