Cohousing-L Mailing List: Width of pedestrian paths

[Joani Blank (joani]

> None of the carts I've seen in the 57 N. American  cohousing 
> communities I've visited, has been wider than a wheelchair, which I 
> think ADA and anyway a sense of fairness, requires your paths to 
> accommodate.  More to the point, though,  all  paths in your 
> community should be wide enough to accommodate at least two people 
> walking side by side so you can walk alongside and talk to at least 
> one of your NEIGHBORS. Also two tricycles should be able to ride 
> side by side on those paths. It's about people, not carts or 
> wheelchiars or even tricycles.

Joani Blank
Swan's Market Cohousing
Oakland, CA