Sidewalk Videos

A security guard and a nurse helped deliver the baby 8-feet from the door.

--We travel to the University of California Davis to learn what makes people walk; --We see how a walkability assessment can spark community action; --We find out what surfaces work best for crutch and wheelchair users. "Perils For Pedestrians" appears on public access cable stations in many cities across the United States; and on DISH Network 9411 -- The Universityhouse Channel -- Tuesdays at 9:30 PM Eastern, 6:30 Pacific. You can purchase a DVD of this program by contacting the producer. "Perils for Pedestrians" is a public affairs series promoting awareness of issues affecting the safety of people who walk and bicycle. We interview pedestrian and bicycling advocates, planners, and government officials about problems such as missing sidewalks and crosswalks, dangerous intersections, bariers to children walking to school, and obstacles to wheelchair users and people with disabilities -- and solutions to those problems.

--We visit the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District. --We meet a bicycle lobbyist at the California state capitol. --We talk with the president of the California Bicycle Coalition in Davis. --Davis is the first League of American Bicyclists platinum level city. --We learn about the Non-motorized Transportation Pilot Project in Marin County.

--We meet a bicycle advocate in Ottawa. --We talk with an urban planner about walkable neighborhoods. --We meet another bicycle advocate in Sacramento. "Perils For Pedestrians" appears on public access cable stations in many cities across the United States; and on DISH Network 9411 -- The Universityhouse Channel -- Tuesdays at 9:30 PM Eastern, 6:30 Pacific. You can purchase a DVD of this program by contacting the producer. "Perils for Pedestrians" is a public affairs series promoting awareness of issues affecting the safety of people who walk and bicycle. We interview pedestrian and bicycling advocates, planners, and government officials about problems such as missing sidewalks and crosswalks, dangerous intersections, barriers to children walking to school, and obstacles to wheelchair users and people with disabilities -- and solutions to those problems.

--The Coordinator of Research at the US Access Board explains how the Americans With Disabilities Act applies to sidewalks. --A lawyer in Barden v. Sacramento discusses the lawsuit, which determined that sidewalks are a government program covered by the ADA. --A plaintiff in Barden v. Sacramento describes the negotiations that led to the settlement. "Perils For Pedestrians" appears on public access cable stations in many cities across the United States; and on DISH Network 9411 -- The Universityhouse Channel -- Tuesdays at 9:30 PM Eastern, 6:30 Pacific. You can purchase a DVD of this program by contacting the producer. "Perils for Pedestrians" is a public affairs series promoting awareness of issues affecting the safety of people who walk and bicycle. We interview pedestrian and bicycling advocates, planners, and government officials about problems such as missing sidewalks and crosswalks, dangerous intersections, barriers to children walking to school, and obstacles to wheelchair users and people with disabilities -- and solutions to those problems.

--We visit the Embarcadero in San Francisco: --We learn about the danger of freeway ramps in San Francisco: --Sacramento Regional Transit celebrates an anniversary: --We drop by the California Council of the Blind in Sacramento. "Perils For Pedestrians" appears on public access cable stations in many cities across the United States; and on DISH Network 9411 -- The Universityhouse Channel -- Tuesdays at 9:30 PM Eastern, 6:30 Pacific. You can purchase a DVD of this program by contacting the producer. "Perils for Pedestrians" is a public affairs series promoting awareness of issues affecting the safety of people who walk and bicycle. We interview pedestrian and bicycling advocates, planners, and government officials about problems such as missing sidewalks and crosswalks, dangerous intersections, barriers to children walking to school, and obstacles to wheelchair users and people with disabilities -- and solutions to those problems.