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In this episode Russ discovers an over-engineered plant bed. The city of Roanoke Texas constructed a sidewalk in their downtown area s to be about a foot higher than the adjacent plant bed and in an effort to prevent people from accidentally stepping off of the...

Recently Russ posted a video of an appropriate construction technique for a parking lot island which was made of red colored stamped concrete. In this episode Russ visits a home improvement store and finds that they filled their parking lot islands/plant beds with...

Have you ever wondered why there are raised bumps on certain sections of sidewalks? In this episode Russ describes the use of "Tactile Warnings" or "Truncated Domes" and their purpose in protecting people with disabilities.

I noticed that Target now uses plastic pallets to display their products on. The pallet does not extend beyond the product as to create a potential trip hazard and unlike wooden pallets, there is no potential of injury due to exposed chipped wooden pieces or narrow...

In this video Russ comes across yet another example of a dangerous pathway this time at a CVS store. The store added a series of red pave stones in their front plant bed which separates their parking lot from the buildings entrance. When wet and icy, the pave stones...

Went to my local Walgreens and saw this. Every ceiling mounted surveillance camera had a sign next to it saying "Security Camera." That's weird, why put a sign where the camera is? I thought in-store surveillance is meant to be discreet. You know don't let people know...