Getting from one side of the street to the other shouldn’t be an ordeal for people who need a wheelchair or motorized scooter to get around.

But it is at Bloor and Parliament Sts., where the curb has not been levelled at the north side of the pedestrian crossing, which could potentially leave those who use mobility devices stuck in the middle of fast-moving traffic.

One of the best public infrastructure advances to help people with mobility issues is the levelled curb. It allows them to get from the road to the sidewalk — or vice versa — while avoiding a large step up or down.

And for people who use a wheelchair or other mobility device, the levelled curb is a godsend and the main reason why the city created an accessibility policy to cut down curbs to road level more than 20 years ago.

By now, you’d think that all curbs had been levelled to meet the policy, but apparently not, at least not on the west side of the intersection of Parliament and Bloor.

Al Rezoski emailed to say “the intersection of Bloor and Parliament has no curb cut at the west side, north-south crosswalk, and therefore the intersection does not meet the Ontarians with Disabilities Act.

“There is no north-south crosswalk on the east side of the intersection. The next nearest accessible north-south crosswalks with curb cuts are at Sherbourne St. and Bloor, and Castle Frank Rd. and Bloor.

“The distance between accessible intersections is one km. There are a large number of (area) residents with strollers, walkers and wheelchairs that are inconvenienced by this long gap between accessible intersections.

“Many times I have seen people in wheelchairs using the Bloor bike lanes because they have used the north-south crosswalk, only to realize that they have to go to Sherbourne or Castle Frank to get to the north side of Bloor.”

Status: Rob Burlie, who’s in charge of road operations in that area, emailed to say it might not be as simple as cutting down the curb. “It would appear to me that the structural sidewalk for the bridge would need to be modified and not just a simple retrofit to meet the latest (accessibility) standards. We may have to consult with our bridge unit. In some cases we can place temporary asphalt in the roadway, but this causes other issues such as drainage, plow damage etc.”

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