First, assume the world is NOT accessible. Most curbs do not have curb cuts and in many cases the curb is followed by a fairly deep dish. It is possible to travel with the aid of an able bodied person capable of getting a chair over obstacles. There include bumping over curb cuts and up and down the few steps which often separate businesses from the sidewalk. DO NOT TRY THIS IN AN ELECTRIC CHAIR.
The sidewalks are also relatively rough and not uncommonly blocked with a post positioned in a way which is impossible to pass on either side, a building protruding into the sidewalk which is too narrow to pass or ditches and cuts through the sidewalk.
I can with a fairly large and experienced able bodied party and have not hurted for able bodied help. I have been told that it is possible to hire a pusher for not too much money. I have not tried this and would assume that the pusher would have at best minimal English.
Taxis are possible and inexpensive and represent a reasonable way to get around. We would use them more if we did not enjoy walking and if I did not have skilled and willing assistants.
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