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by jetrink 844 days ago
I've heard this called the curb cut effect. (It's a subject right in 99% Invisible's wheelhouse and there is a good episode about it that mostly focuses on the history of literal curb cuts.)

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curb_cut_effect

2. https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/curb-cuts/