Public Health PLUS

New curb installed at the corner of Fountain and Barnett doesn't have a ramp for the Barnett crossing. It seems like this doesn't meet ADA standards for new construction - and is a problem for people pushing strollers at an intersection where cars make quick, sharp turns.

I'm not sure what to report because I'm not sure what this structure that runs the length of Clark St. is or why it's here.

The City if New Haven very obviously Violated 28 CFR § 35.151 when it repaved Trumbull St. but failed to remediate at least two impassable sections of sidewalk on the North side (and some that are traversable .but exceed the 1/2" "absolute maximum" vertical level change.

Property owner at 116 MicKinley Ave is taking up 1/3-1/2 of the Edgewood Ave sidewalk with their evergreen bushes—even after a fresh trim. Private bushes should not block public sidewalks. Wheelchair access here is not possible, particularly when the sidewalk reduces.

"A short trip to the ER" was never meant to refer to this definition of "trip." Yale may own this property and may be responsible for the cost of repairs but the case law is very clear,

"Title II’s prohibition of discrimination in the provision of
public services applies to the maintenance of public sidewalks, which is a normal function of a municipal entity." Barden v Sacramento, Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals, June 12, 2002.

These may have been repaired since I toured our Public Schools, There are (or were) hazardous violations of Federal law on both sides of the entrance to the Montessori School On Edgewood.

This woman is riding her wheelchair in the roadway to get from the entrance to St. Raphael's Hospital to the municipal parking lot across the street because the sidewalk - from a hospital to a municipal parking lot directly across the street - is not traversable to someone in a wheelchair.

Why was this allowed to happen? Disparate Impact is the inevitable result of discrimination against people with disabilities. When an urban municipality does not meet its obligations to provide access to people with disabilities, that discrimination will fall disproportionately on low-income communities and in America that means non-white communities.

This neighborhood, according to Datahaven is 22% White..

Bike light is not working — one way it doesn’t detect bikes. The other way, the green light is too short for cyclists to get through. These lights are not usable and therefore make things more dangerous rather than safer.

This wide, curving, pot hole-filled, one-way road that has broken or entirely lacks sidewalks on parts of both sides is designed to encourage speeding drivers and make it dangerous for people walking or using micromobility vehicles. Redesign is desperately needed. Think smooth sidewalks that don’t flood, (contraflow) micromobility lanes, etc. Might be worth limiting car access to residents.

No sidewalk. Bike lane overgrown.

There is no sidewalks from SCSU- Common Ground- to the Westfield apartments and as one of those children, with autism on SSI walks this path every weekday for school. A sidewalk needs to be implemented as the roads are dangerous and cars consistently speed around the corners and cross the lines that the kids walk down. A sidewalk needs to be added before anyone gets hurt.