16th & Market Curb Ramp Slightly Less Shoddy Than It Was
Over a year ago I posted about one of the many poorly design/constructed curb ramps in this city, see Shoddy Curb Ramp/Crosswalk At 16th Street & Market St from May 2016. Here are a couple of images from that post:
![](http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/16th.market03-500x375.jpg)
![](http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/16th.market01-500x375.jpg)
At some point in the last year I was told the city will be correcting this ramp. I’ve been through this intersection a lot over the last few months and hadn’t noticed a change — until the other day. While I was glad to see the city hadn’t forgotten about it, I was disappointed by what was done.
![](http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/16th.market04-500x375.jpg)
![](http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/16th.market05-500x375.jpg)
![](http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/16th.market06-500x375.jpg)
So the city has gone from an “F” to a “C-“. How much did this cost? What does it take for the city to do A or B work?
I know, I should just accept this city doesn’t care about pedestrian like it does motorists, crappy pedestrian infrastructure has been the norm for too long.
— Steve Patterson