• a@piefed.zip
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    9 hours ago

    I think they’re commenting that the sidewalk is super skinny. I legit didn’t see it at first glance.

    • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      The sidewalk is 36” (1m actually) with a 12” curb.

      It’s large enough for wheelchairs to get by. The road is also 40’ wide so two cars can pass with parking along each side. The vehicle in the back provides some scale.

      Plus the bins in the back, they’re atleast 24” by 24”, clearly the sidewalk is wider.

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            4 hours ago

            International bare minimums maybe. I’m used to 1.5m but sounds like even 1.2m is more of a standard than 1.0m

            Can barely even walk beside/past someone comfortably with 1.0m wide sidewalks

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            4 hours ago

            ADA compliance requires sidewalks less than 60” to have passing zones every 200 feet. Which is why USUALLY you’ll just have a 60” wide sidewalk. 36” is the bare minimum for ADA compliance. So. That.

            The one you’re showing would simply not be compliant in some states and unless they’re counting the driveways as “passing zones” idk how this meets ADA compliance

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                2 hours ago

                I have 60” sidewalks in front of my house and all throughout my city.

                When sidewalks reduce to 32” they are required to have a passing zone of 60” minimum every 200’

                Maybe there’s a carve out for private communities, but your sidewalk here is definitely not ADA compliant.

                The PROWAG is even more stringent at 48” minimumsz

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                  I provided you the exact specifications from ADA, they say 36” lol.

                  And maybe where you are, they are thing, but not here since they would break every winter. So that’s why the ADA doesn’t have requirements that wide, since some states are frost states.

                  It’s almost like our infrastructure is designed for our location or something….

                  You’re obviously conflating things, since ADA is 36”, what agency are you thinking of instead? Because the ADA is exceeded by our model building code. So your claims are just fucking wild at this point. They wouldn’t build something that doesn’t meet or exceed the code minimum. Are you just making shit up for fun now?

                  Provide the ADA requirement that states what you’re thinking. This is part of my job, I can look it up and take a picture of the code book for you. If you can be arsed to provide the code reference #?

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                    1 hour ago

                    You’re just repeating what I’m saying from the opposite position.

                    We’re calling that 36” bare minimum sidewalk tiny, and you’re taking umbrage to it. I’m saying it barely meets the requirement and you’re saying it meets the requirement so it’s sufficient. Yes, the same thing said differently except per you 60” sidewalks aren’t the norm which has everyone calling the ones you linked out.

                    I live in a frost state. Im not interested in arguing what the requirement is since we both agreed it’s 36” you’re just arguing about the 60” landing requirement. Which is fine. I don’t care, sorry to twist your panties.