Accessibility · civil rights · infrastructure
A route is only accessible if it works as a route.
The ADA record focused on continuous paths, East Avenue, the Esplanade, budget implementation, disability advocates and the difference between nominal compliance and usable infrastructure.
Accessibility was treated as infrastructure and civil rights at the same time: north-south and east-west movement, actual crossings, missing segments, survey work and the budget decisions required to turn a plan into pavement.
Field knowledge mattered
Work with disability advocates and Independent Living Services of Northern California included route planning and volunteer survey capacity. The goal was not a ceremonial ADA line item. It was a backbone of routes people could actually use.
The Esplanade
Randall spearheaded safety and accessibility reform needed to address federal, state and ADA compliance problems. The politically controversial roundabout component and the successful core safety/accessibility package are kept distinct in the archive rather than collapsed into one talking point.