This is the story of the little ADA ramp that could. For 14 months now, I’ve watched a new ramp in the Portland Heights neighborhood (south of Goose Hollow) get built, fail inspection, be torn down, ...

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 ...

It is not possible to bring sidewalks up to ADA accessibility standards without using any of the short, foundation-hugging structures called cheek walls that critics worry could detract from the ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - Plans to renovate the wheelchair access ramp at Dog Beach in Ocean Beach are sparking controversy in the community. The City of San Diego has plans to spend around $1 million to ...

After years of work, negotiations and delays, the city has finished installing handicapped accessible curb ramps in Society Hill. The 488 ramps were installed, per federal requirement, on 327 corners ...

The difference between working with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations today and working with ADA regulations when the Act was signed into law in 1990 is primarily one of recognition.

BYU has recently renovated 11 ramps in order to meet Americans with Disabilities Act requirements after an internal survey performed by supervised BYU civil engineering students found that many ramps ...

Of the 4,100 locations for a curb ramp, 1,000 don’t have one and 700 don’t meet ADA standards. There’s work ahead in Marysville, and a lot of it. The City is conducting a self-evaluation and creating ...

The ramp connecting Chicago's Millennium Park to the Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago "is a great example of something beautifully designed and functional ...

It’s the last thing you ever expect to need, but life without one can be almost impossible. “It” is a ramp intended to help us navigate various height differentials from the ground to the front porch, ...

On Tuesday, BikePortland reported about the third attempt to build a new ADA ramp at the corner of SW Spring and 16th Streets, July 2022. (Photo credits: Southwest Hills Residential League) The next ...