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Originally Posted by TiltonBB
I don't understand your point, or the point in Wolfeboro. My understanding of handicap parking (as it is in vehicle parking lots) is to enable people with physical problems to park as close to the building or destination as possible. That certainly makes it easier for those with mobility issues.
Waving a flag to get the next available dock does not solve any access problem for the physically handicapped. All it does is move them ahead of other boaters who may be waiting for their turn to dock.
The blue docks in Wolfeboro that are the furthest docks away from the downtown, and area businesses, do not solve any access problems for the handicapped either. If the "rocket scientists" in Wolfeboro designed mall parking layouts they would put the handicapped parking on the side of the parking lot as far away from the building as possible.
Both "feel good" solutions do not accomplish any purpose relative to easing the access for the handicapped.
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Very well said.
It appears that there was no thought put into how a handicap person was going to use these spaces.
IMO there should be more effort into designing boats for handicap people. Have ramps and lifts on boats that could be used by parking your boat at a ramp that was designed for these boats. It would be an expensive undertaking but at least it might be safer and make more sense then just leaving a section of a dock empty all summer like the ones in Wolfeboro.