They ought to make the people who decide these things try to negotiate this in a wheelchair and see just how inaccessible it can be.
They actually did this in Amarillo, Texas and some local politicians admitted it was very frustrating, to say the least. I'm surprised they kept their language G rated.
I took my elderly neighbor to the hospital to have some tests and pushed him up to one of the doors you described. I started around his wheel chair to open the thing but he put his cane against the panic bar and said push. I pushed and the door popped open. His words, "you would be surprised at what I can do with this cane." Bug