KENT, Wash., April 1, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A good portion of the North American housing developments built after 1980 utilized less expensive rolled curb driveway entrances. The result of this ...

Parking, crossing the street, entering a building, using the restroom – for most of us, these are daily activities we don’t give a second thought. For those with physical disabilities, however, these ...

Ever since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was enacted in 1990 public agencies and contractors working on roads, city streets and highways were forced to play a guessing game to determine ...

Buying a house is a major life event. There are so many considerations, and how a particular home accommodates your vehicles should always be the top priority. OK, that’s not necessarily true, but ...

KENT, Wash., June 16, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Forget the ugly tie or shirt this Father's Day. How about a smooth, practical gift Dad will remember each time he enters or leaves his driveway? Made ...

EVERETT — Making it safe for a person with disabilities to cross a street is no straight line. There are 30 standards to meet just for a basic curb ramp, such as the degree of its slope and the type ...

Across Oregon, thousands of pedestrian ramps along the state's highway system are intended to help disabled people navigate curbs safely. But the state still has an estimated 13 years of work to get ...

More than a decade ago, it became a multimillion-dollar case of mandates and measurements, inspections and intersections. The city of Erie, in 2002 and 2003, conceded that thousands of curb ramps ...