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 ...

Buying a house is a major life event. There are so many considerations, and how a particular home accommodates your vehicles should always be the top priority. OK, that’s not necessarily true, but ...

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 ...

Q: I used to feel the same as some of your readers about the public funds expended on things like curb ramps, but I changed my mind when my stroke-disabled husband and I started to actually need the ...

KENT, Wash., April 1, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A good portion of the North American housing developments built after 1980 utilized less expensive rolled curb driveway entrances. The result of this ...

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 ...

A: The overall situation regarding the replacement of handicap-access ramps throughout Pennsylvania steered its way onto The Morning Call’s news pages recently, but apparently the word hasn’t gotten ...

The mandate came down more than a decade ago. But the work — which has cost the city of Erie roughly $16 million thus far — continues indefinitely. Two federal consent decrees, and an agreement that ...

Existing curb ramps in Rifle and Silt will soon be brought into compliance with Public Rights of Way Accessibility and Americans with Disabilities Act guidelines, the Colorado Department of ...

Dozens of ADA Curb Ramps will be installed at intersections from Bristol Borough and Levittown to Middletown and Bensalem townships beginning March 6 through May, according to the Pennsylvania ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... After two years of negotiation, the city of Denver has agreed to install at least 1,500 curb ramps each year until all pedestrian walkway crossings are ...