This allows the sidewalks to be unbroken by curb cuts.
Even traveling on the sidewalk can be perilous because so many intersections still don't have curb cuts.
When a bus stop is blocked, I have to leave the sidewalk at the curb cut and wait out in the street.
According to the city's Department of Transportation, only the curb cut is a no-parking zone.
They say the curb cuts would sap local street life and put walkers in jeopardy.
If there is not a curb cut, they can get out of their car but can't get up on the sidewalk.
No portion of the parking area may extend onto the sidewalk or street, she said, and the curb cut must be at least 9 feet wide.
"But the road is dying the death of a thousand curb cuts."
The crossing buttons are not adjacent to the curb cuts.
Numerous curb cuts are provided at street level for wheelchairs and such.