Don’t block the drop ok !
#dontblockthedrop : Now here’s a campaign that is dear to our hearts here at ProMove UK. Over the last couple of years we have regularly featured issues around accessible public transport and tried to explain why when under your own steam the well designed “drop kerb” is without doubt one of THE most important access enablers of the last fifty years…or more !
The drop kerb may look simple enough. Building them isn’t rocket science but predictably expensive and full of debates around planning, health and safety, design discussions etc etc etc. Mention the need for a drop kerb and a shed load of folk in yellow bibs will surround you with clipboards and well meaning support. Try getting a drop kerb in your area and see what I mean. But truth is things are improving. My local authority in Warrington recently embarked upon a big project to resurface some local roads outside the town centre. As part of this they delivered huge improvements to the number, and quality, of drop kerbs in North Warrington. I was made up. I admit things got a little less ace when I discovered that in two miles of new drop kerbs there were ‘gaps’ were no drop kerb was installed because…I suspect….the pavement ran across the entrance to a ‘private’ industrial estate, thus forcing you into a busy road to continue your journey. Which is a pain. Still….WBC deserve real credit for improving and enabling our environment.
So, that’s good isn’t it, but what’s the point if you get new well designed drop kerbs and motorists / lorry drivers park right across the drop and block your access ? It happens frequently, way more than people might think. I’ve done a twenty minute jag along a pavement only to find a bin lorry parked up across the only drop kerb on a pavement that has five inch kerbs everywhere else….cue back tracking and a huge amount of frustration….and very bad words…..especially as it was pouring down and very, very cold !
So, everyone, make no mistake, #dontblockthedrop is a campaign worthy of your support. It’s about common sense, awareness and good manners if I’m honest. But it’s also about making a difference for those who smile when they see a drop kerb that allows them to go about their business in an ordinary and unspectacular fashion, but a dropped kerb blocked is a drop kerb destroyed, so…. Remember……
DONT BLOCK THE DROP !!!!
Read more about #dontblockthedrop here, a tweet it please !!
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Cheers, Mark
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