Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by isaidthis 958 days ago
I wonder what the opposite of the curb cut effect is? For example, tactile paving is an accessibility feature that benefits one group but can hinder many others with accessibility needs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactile_paving

Anecdotally, I've observed that elderly people with grocery carts and people in wheel chairs have difficulty at cross walks navigating these features. The wiki mentions these points:

"...more thought should have been put into balancing the needs of vision-impaired pedestrians and mobility-impaired pedestrians, such as wheelchair and cane users, who can trip on the bumps."