{"id":282,"date":"2015-08-03T16:28:06","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T16:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rossatkin.com\/bathaudit\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=282"},"modified":"2022-02-09T09:21:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T09:21:46","slug":"tarmac-is-the-easiest-surface-to-push-on","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"http:\/\/rossatkin.com\/bathaudit\/index.php\/portfolio\/tarmac-is-the-easiest-surface-to-push-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Asphalt is the easiest surface to push on and feels safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Issue<\/strong><br \/>\nMany of the streets of central&nbsp;bath have uneven <a href=\"http:\/\/rossatkin.com\/bathaudit\/index.php\/portfolio\/uneven-flagstones\/\">paving slabs<\/a>, missing or broken pointing or both. Others are paved with slabs that are so flat they become slippery when wet. Both of theses situations&nbsp;make pushing a wheelchair&nbsp;difficult and increase tripping risk. In the former case the chair must be pushed on &nbsp;up on its back wheels&nbsp;to avoid the risk of the passenger being thrown out. In the latter the pusher can find it difficult to get enough traction.<\/p>\n<div class=\"resp-video-center\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><div class=\"resp-video-wrapper size-16-9\"><iframe title=\"Tarmac is the easiest surface to push someone on\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/135266068?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"resp-video-center\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><div class=\"resp-video-wrapper size-16-9\"><iframe title=\"Ashphalt &quot;It&#039;s safe to walk on&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/172693594?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Opportunity<\/strong><br \/>\nThis wheelchair pusher views asphalt as the easiest surface to push on. On streets where heritage appearance is not critical asphalt could replace concrete paving stones&nbsp;providing an improved experience for wheelchair users and potentially lower maintenance requirements.&nbsp;In areas where heritage appearance is important evenly laid <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/135265204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">riven yorkstone was&nbsp;the preferred surface<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issue Many of the streets of central&nbsp;bath have uneven paving slabs, missing or broken pointing or both. Others are paved with slabs that are so flat they become slippery when wet. Both of theses situations&nbsp;make pushing a wheelchair&nbsp;difficult and increase tripping risk. In the former case the chair must be pushed on &nbsp;up on its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"portfolio_category":[43,53],"portfolio_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rossatkin.com\/bathaudit\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/282"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rossatkin.com\/bathaudit\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rossatkin.com\/bathaudit\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rossatkin.com\/bathaudit\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rossatkin.com\/bathaudit\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/rossatkin.com\/bathaudit\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":498,"href":"http:\/\/rossatkin.com\/bathaudit\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/282\/revisions\/498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rossatkin.com\/bathaudit\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rossatkin.com\/bathaudit\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rossatkin.com\/bathaudit\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=282"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rossatkin.com\/bathaudit\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tag?post=282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}