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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DDOT probably could have done better in accommodating the needs of disabled people when designing the bike lanes. Everybody who has rode along them probably could also can find ways in which DDOT could have done better in making them safer for cyclists and other users. The ADA is wide open to interpretation here, but its not a bad thing if this suit results in bike lane designs that are more accommodating of the needs of disabled people and safer for cyclists. Remedies that could conceivably come out of this case will, in a probability, reduce the number of general parking spaces and shrink road widths. I hope that will please the 50 members of the Dupont East Civic Association or whatever it is called.[/quote]
The ADA is simple, it requires “reasonable accommodation”. If you make no accommodation then it is definitionally not reasonable. The ADA also does not allow for self-certification for obvious reasons. Just because DDOT, DOT, a school or your employer prepares a document that outlines how they think they comply with the ADA, it does not in fact mean that they are complying with the ADA.[/quote]

oh yes “reasonable accommodation” is such a simple concept!

not sure what you mean by “self-certification”?[/quote]

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