Issue
Several streets in central Bath, like Stall Street and Westgate Street combine high pedestrian volumes with narrow footways, high kerb up-stands and infrequent dripped kerbs. These can provide issues for wheel chair users who find themselves pushed to the outside of the footway and risk falling off the kerb at busy times.
Opportunity
As pedestrian traffic on these streets is usually high relative to vehicle traffic careful application of a level surface (with the kerb replaced with tactile paving) could reduce the risk to wheelchair and scooter users (as well as people with other mobility impairments and some with low vision) of falling off the kerb without significantly disadvantaging people with sight loss. As an alternative many additional dropped kerbs could provided along the lengths of both streets.