Even Boston has a couple diagonal sidewalks

Posted by John B. Kelly

Diamond-shaped sidewalk in front of the Massachusetts Historical society, 1154 Boylston St

Wheelchair users are encouraged to try out this sidewalk, in front of the Massachusetts Historical Society, in the Fenway near the Boston Conservatory of Music. (Another sidewalk with diagonal lines is a near the entrance to the Prudential Mall, on Ring Rd near Huntington Avenue.)

Drivers of automobiles are encouraged to think about how you drive over a curb. One wheel at a time, right? In other words, you take the car over the curb at an angle, which protects the undercarriage of the car, and cuts the shock to your body in half.

Diagonal sidewalks, as I have argued here and here, dramatically reduce the stress on our bodies and wheelchairs.

Shouldn't we use them?

Note: I also corrected the problem in the previous post whereby the photograph of the fire alarm box wasn't showing.