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Podcast: 99% Invisible
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308- Curb Cuts
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:45:14
Publish Date: 2018-05-23 00:23:08
Description:

If you live in an American city and you don’t personally use a wheelchair, it's easy to overlook the small ramp at most intersections, between the sidewalk and the street. Today, these curb cuts are everywhere, but fifty years ago -- when an activist named Ed Roberts was young -- most urban corners featured a sharp drop-off, making it difficult for him and other wheelchair users to get between blocks without assistance.

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