{"id":782,"date":"2016-12-16T14:11:20","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T22:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dredf.org\/web-log\/?p=782"},"modified":"2017-03-10T14:14:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T22:14:15","slug":"universal-design-accessibility-and-the-streets-of-lima-peru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/2016\/12\/16\/universal-design-accessibility-and-the-streets-of-lima-peru\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Design, Accessibility and the Streets of Lima, Peru"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_784\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-784\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/12\/combies.jpg\" alt=\"Two small busses on the street at night.\" width=\"700\" height=\"289\" class=\"size-full wp-image-784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/12\/combies.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/12\/combies-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&copy; Dave Nold<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Strolling through San Isidro, a municipality of Lima, Peru, you get the impression that they had accessibility in mind. Curb cuts on every corner, ramps leading into stores, restaurants and some private homes. And plenty of clearly marked blue spots for parking. I wonder how strictly the parking was enforced since when crossing the street I learned that Stop signs are more of a suggestion.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_787\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-787\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/12\/blue-spot-sign.jpg\" alt=\"Blue parking spot with blue wheelchair sign and curb cuts in the sidewalk.\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/12\/blue-spot-sign.jpg 375w, https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/12\/blue-spot-sign-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&copy; Dave Nold<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_789\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-789\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/12\/thru-ramp.jpg\" alt=\"Curb cuts from sidewalk through median strip to other side of street\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/12\/thru-ramp.jpg 375w, https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/12\/thru-ramp-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&copy; Dave Nold<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Architect Jaime Heurta gave a presentation at last month&#8217;s RightsNow! Peru where he gives some background on what has been accomplished and the work that is still left to do.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/195365646\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/12\/combies.jpg\" alt=\"Two small busses on the street at night.\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" class=\"size-full wp-image-784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/12\/combies.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/12\/combies-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/> <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/2016\/12\/16\/universal-design-accessibility-and-the-streets-of-lima-peru\/\">Continue Reading<span> Universal Design, Accessibility and the Streets of Lima, Peru<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,65,12,22,104,99],"tags":[105],"class_list":["post-782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-rights","category-disability-descrimination","category-disability-rights","category-equal-access","category-international-disability-rights","category-transportation","tag-rightsnow"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4MGYT-cC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":796,"href":"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions\/796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.dredf.org\/web-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}