Designing Sidewalks Accessible for Everbody

Abstract

A main source for the inadequate, insuf cient, and even frequently dan- gerous sidewalks in Mexican cities originates in the design of those who projected them. This matter becomes more serious, especially for people with visual or motor disabilities, when they are not designed at all. The main concern of these pages is the examination of such material sidewalk de - ciencies, linked with a bad planning design or no design whatsoever. Addi- tionally, this article shows the main obstacles that pedestrians face which are aggravated for those who move in a wheelchair or have some type of visual disability.