Noticing urban design elements or their lack, while out and about

Neither the Fourth District police station, the street in front of the beautiful WilmerCutler law office building at 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, nor Home Depot in Brentwood have bicycle racks. As an aside, why do shopping centers pretty much only plan for automobiles?

There is a retirement home at the NE corner of North Capitol Street and Riggs Road, built by the Plymouth Congregational Church across the street. There is a circle driveway servicing the main entrance. None of the sidewalks abutting the curb cuts for the driveway have ramps.

If you pay attention, you can notice many such urban design failures all around the city. But your perspective varies according to whether or not you are walking, bicycling, driving, pushing children in a stroller, can't walk very fast, etc.