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Curb Cuts

99% Invisible

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The Curb Cut Effect

Curb cuts have been helpful for wheel chair riders, but also for people pushing strollers and shopping carts. And this phenomenon has come to be known as the curb cut effect. So if you're listening to this wile walking, and you happen to reach an intersection that's got a curb cut, maybe a bumpy one, that lets blind people feel by cane where the sidewalk ends and the street begins? You might hold up for just the most important thing i think people can realize is that by noting it, stopping, pausing, paying attention. The next time you walk down the street, the next time you try to cross the street, say a little thank you, if you

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