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 ...

BYU has recently renovated 11 ramps in order to meet Americans with Disabilities Act requirements after an internal survey performed by supervised BYU civil engineering students found that many ramps ...

After years of work, negotiations and delays, the city has finished installing handicapped accessible curb ramps in Society Hill. The 488 ramps were installed, per federal requirement, on 327 corners ...

It is not possible to bring sidewalks up to ADA accessibility standards without using any of the short, foundation-hugging structures called cheek walls that critics worry could detract from the ...

On Tuesday, BikePortland reported about the third attempt to build a new ADA ramp at the corner of SW Spring and 16th Streets, July 2022. (Photo credits: Southwest Hills Residential League) The next ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A majority of sidewalk ramps along Oregon highways do not comply with guidelines under the Americans with Disabilities Act, according to a survey. The audit by the Oregon Department ...

My father is looking into building a ramp. He wants to know if there is a maximum steepness a ramp should be for people to be able to push stuff up on it.<BR><BR>Would something like a 25% slope be ...

This is the story of the little ADA ramp that could. For 14 months now, I’ve watched a new ramp in the Portland Heights neighborhood (south of Goose Hollow) get built, fail inspection, be torn down, ...