[nagdu] steps at the street

[Julie J.]

Hello all!

I'm hoping you guys can give me some brilliant ideas on how to work an 
odd sort of situation.  In one particular section of town that sits on a 
hill, there are many street corners that have a few stairs that bring 
you down from the sidewalk/house level to the street level.  All of them 
that I have encountered have a longer than typical stretch between each 
step.  So what happens is that Monty stops, I find the step, he steps 
down at my cue, he holds steady while I step down, I listen for traffic 
and cue forward appropriately, Monty moves forward about18 inches and 
stops again for the next step, rinse and repeat.  The issue is that I 
can't tell which is a step and which is the curb.  There isn't a 
consistent number of steps on each of the street corners like this.  
They have so far been on quiet residential streets, so the process 
hasn't been too delayed by traffic.

I guess it doesn't really matter if I continue to treat each step like 
the curb, but I'm wondering if there is some better, more efficient way 
to work this situation.

All ideas are welcome!
Thanks!
Julie