The problem would seem to be that cars are welcome, but people outside their cars are not.
This site documents the places where pedestrian movement is forced into traffic by bad layout, missing kerbs or inaccessible pavement geometry. Wheelchair users encounter the hard barrier first, but the same design failures also affect older residents, parents with prams, people pulling trolleys and anyone walking.
First live survey: Kingsbridge
The first survey on this site documents wheelchair access problems in Kingsbridge town centre. The key finding is simple: there is visible accessibility work in part of the centre, but not a continuous accessible route to major everyday destinations such as Tesco and the Duncombe Street side of town.
In several places, a wheelchair user is forced to backtrack, use incidental driveway ramps, or enter the road because the dropped kerb is missing where it is actually needed.
The aim is constructive: show clearly where problems exist, record what already works, propose practical improvements, and create a repeatable public method other towns can use.
About this project
HeavenInDevon is being developed by Jerry Kew with support from Richard Martin, Jerry’s volunteer carer.
Travis Adu, originally from Ghana and previously a carer in Leeds, is now based in Kingsbridge and cares for Jerry’s neighbour.
Jet, a cocker spaniel, will also be part of the real-world field testing as the project explores everyday wheelchair use, including scenarios involving dogs attached to chairs.
This is a working field survey. It will evolve rapidly as new evidence is collected, organised and published.
Method
Downloads
Evidence points CSV · Evidence points GeoJSON · Survey trace GeoJSON · Provisional zones GeoJSON · Contact sheet
