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What about places where there SHOULD be a drop curb to allow you to keep using the pavement, and there just isn't? Meet the Blue category.

We identified 33 such places around Porty that need new drop curbs installed.

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blue background with a graphic of a traffic light, which has an extra blue light. the text says "what does a blue rating mean?" Blue background with a photo of Rosie in her wheelchair by the bollards at the end of Beach Lane. The Raised lip of curb is stopping her getting onto the beach there. the text says: "Sometimes there needs to be a drop curb where there isn’t one. That’s why we created the BLUE category!" Blue background with a photo of a curb ending with a raised instead of dropped edge. The text says " a BLUE rating means that a pavement user is impeded from using that section of pavement due to a lack of drop curb connecting it to another pavement or the road " Blue background with a google satellite map showing all the blue pins along the prom and high street. The text says "We identified 33 areas where a new drop curb was needed"
January 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Final instalment of our series: "top 5 reasons we gave a curb a red rating"

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Text: "5. Broken road and pavement surface" A red and white traffic sign showing a mountain Text: "Pavement users forced into the road because of the surface We found 10 drop curbs onto broken road or pavement surface " Two photos show areas of mixed terrain where a pavement should be; the first of cobblestones showing through and the second of both cobblestones and dirt. Both were impassable to my chair and i had to go in the road
January 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Part 2 of top 5 reds

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Text: "3. curb lip too high" A blue traffic sign shows a wheelchair user falling off a cliff into the sea. Text says: "When the curb is too high, it stops smaller wheels and those with gait challenges in their tracks, and prevents people from using that stretch of pavement We found 14 drop curbs that were too high" Two photos show drop curbs that are more than 8cm (the legal limit for drop curbs) Text: "No visual or tactile markings" A yellow road sign graphic with a road on it is obscured by two large black blobs of darkness Text: "Missing white/yellow lines/tactile pavement at a curb or crossing is dangerous to visually impaired/blind people We found 14 drop curbs without visual or tactile markings" Two photos show absence of tactile or vidsual markings at pavement crossings that are in high footfall areas. The first is down by oscars at the prom and the second by Lidl.
January 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
equalfootingporty.bsky.social
Part 1 of our top 5 reasons why we awarded a curb/kerb with a red rating

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Text says: "top 5 reasons we gave a curb a red rating" a yellow road sings depicts a buggy falling off a cliff into the sea Text says: "1. Gradient too steep. A steep gradient from pavement to road prevents wheeled-users from safely going up or down. We found 27 drop curbs with gradients too steep to be safe for everyone" a photo taken outside porty tap shows Rosie in her wheelchair and Black and white collie Ruffie struggling to use the crosswalk, due to the deep gradient. Text says: "2. uneven terrain" A yellow traffic signs shows a mountain biker inn front of some mountains Text says: "Uneven road or pavement terrain could cause a wheelchair user to halt or even fall out of their chair, and is confusing for guide dogs. Some pavements incorporate obstacles like cobblestones and storm drains, rather than resurfacing the whole stretch of pavement We found 25 drop curbs with uneven terrain" There are two photos. One shows a pavement ending in cobblestones and the other shows a road surface of mixed storm drain, uneven camber and broken road surface
January 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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More drop curb data from our 2024 survery

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January 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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In 2024, we surveyed 218 drop kerbs on Portobello high street, prom and roads in between, and logged them in an open access google map. Here are some of the things we found out!

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January 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM