{"id":1661,"date":"2021-11-24T15:09:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T20:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/?p=1661"},"modified":"2021-12-01T11:54:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T16:54:49","slug":"boston-to-make-curb-ramps-all-over-city","status":"public-archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/2021\/11\/24\/boston-to-make-curb-ramps-all-over-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston to Make Curb Ramps All Over City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The consent decree requires Boston to install or upgrade an average of 1,630 curb ramps per year until all of them meet ADA standards. They\u2019ll be prioritized based on how heavily they\u2019re trafficked, and if they\u2019re near public transportation or other key areas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This 5 minute piece gives a wheelchair user&#8217;s view of moving around on streets if no curb cut ramp, or a snow-covered ramp prevents using the sidewalk.&nbsp; The Justice Department takes that view seriously.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/news\/2021\/11\/24\/mobility-consent-decree-boston-sidewalk-accessibility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radio Spot and Print Article Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radio journalist, Rupa Shenoy, now host of WBUR&#8217;s Morning Edition, covered the major win for plaintiffs with mobility disabilities. <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/2021\/11\/24\/boston-to-make-curb-ramps-all-over-city\/\" aria-label=\"Read full article about Boston to Make Curb Ramps All Over City\">Read full article<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":1662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1661"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1664,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661\/revisions\/1664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/disability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}