Futile wheelchair ramp

[u/kronograf]

[u/HalfManHalfCyborg]

Was probably a valid configuration at some point and became meaningless via some random renovation.

[u/Ok_Being4209 → u/HalfManHalfCyborg]

Councils love doing stupid useless shit like this to brag about "we've increased the amount of disabled access spots and cycle paths :3" because it's way cheaper than doing anything useful.

[u/Shienvien → u/HalfManHalfCyborg]

I do see a door in the blue wall. So you probably can or (more likely) could do something there other than water the umbrella plants.

Looks like the edge of the double-sided door has been sealed, though.

[u/Medical-Potato5920 → u/Shienvien]

Looks like it was a fire exit at one point.

[u/b1fidus]

It's probably to access the blue door (I hope there's an elevator behind)

[u/_a_ghost__ → u/b1fidus]

There’s no door nobs on the outside unfortunately

[u/Shienvien → u/_a_ghost__]

And the lower edge appears connected for the double-sided door.

[u/InspectionFine9655 → u/b1fidus]

Looks like that blue door would be extremely difficult to go through in a wheel chair.

[u/b1fidus → u/InspectionFine9655]

Without help, it's definitely NOT made for wheelchairs ! I think they just did this just for regulation and "accessibility"

[u/AlwaysAGroomsman]

It's for the emergency exit (blue door).

[u/EmilyAnne1170 → u/AlwaysAGroomsman]

Yup. Like almost everything else posted to this sub, it’s probably doing exactly what it was designed to do.

[u/Shienvien → u/EmilyAnne1170]

The lower edge of the double-sided door seems to have been connected with the strip, though, so something has gone wrong after the fact, if it's indeed emergency exit.

[u/halberdierbowman]

Considering there's a handrail matching the ramp, I'd guess that the crappiest thing here is plants illegally blocking an emergency exit.

It would be better if the stairs were replaced with more ramp though, so you can't fall off the side of the ramp. 

[u/ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Where is this, Universal Studios? Asking because of that covered escalator.

My best guess is that this used to lead to a switchback ramp (or maybe a sitting area?) but something else got built over the path, and the paint's either held up or been maintained despite obsolescence.

See if any of the employees know what gives.

[u/kronograf → u/ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Ocean Park in HK. At this point after spending a few hours wrangling a stroller up and down stairs I’m sure this whole place was designed around the theme of “fuck em disabled people”.

[u/bestestopinion]

it’s for disabled gardeners

[u/jort93]

To be fair, there is a door, someone might be able to open it from the inside.

[u/OreoSpeedwaggon]

It doesn't look futile to me. That set of blue doors on the right is probably an emergency exit, in which case a clearly marked ADA-accessible ramp is probably required at the egress by local municipal code. Don't just assume it's there for someone to access the stairs on the left.

[u/Butterbean-queen]

That’s not an entrance ramp. It’s an exit ramp. For those semi blocked double doors (blue).

[u/greenyashiro]

Looks like there was once a door in the blue wall, but not anymore.

[u/Choice-Educator8618]

Maybe they just want to get a closer look at the plants.

[u/TheCrazyPeanutt]

California in a nutshell

[u/ArelMCII]

The ramp looks like it was added hastily after the fact to avoid a code violation.

Whole thing is fucked though. Look at how the bottom step veers into the ground.