Also really fascinating to see the signage from the bus (having never taken a mobility aid on a bus), and yes totally agree about prams giving priority to wheelchairs! But thought it was interesting (because I just got a mobility scooter) that mobility scooters are put together with said prams in the pecking order for access to the space after wheelchairs. I can only imagine it's a legal technicality with wheelchairs having ultimate priority? I'm glad I now know though, imagine the face-off!
I forvine am glad there is even a smattering of Accessable* there when NYC has said it MIGHT take 28 years to make the subway ACCESSABLE* only IF they can justify it, and with the current administration locally, that is not going to happen
I am ever so grateful -- as a person with a bad spine top to bottom, two bad ankles, a bad knee, and asthma -- that I live in California. None of these problems are going to get any better, so elevators up/down to the public transport and kneeling buses with ramp lifts are so helpful. I can still walk very slowly, but it's so much easier, and stairs and I haven't gotten along in decades.
Of course we started early. A late friend of mine went to every state government hearing in the 70s, 80s, and some of the 90s to yell at them. Even for the prison system. She and her manual wheelchair went to mainland Europe in the late 80s and most things weren't even Accessible* back then.
But the populated areas are full of bleeding heart liberals who believe in equality and dignity, so ramps and curb cuts don't offend our sensibilities.
#ButProbablyAllYoungMen, yes.
Glad to see you are making the most of Quod!
Also really fascinating to see the signage from the bus (having never taken a mobility aid on a bus), and yes totally agree about prams giving priority to wheelchairs! But thought it was interesting (because I just got a mobility scooter) that mobility scooters are put together with said prams in the pecking order for access to the space after wheelchairs. I can only imagine it's a legal technicality with wheelchairs having ultimate priority? I'm glad I now know though, imagine the face-off!
I would totally share.
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I forvine am glad there is even a smattering of Accessable* there when NYC has said it MIGHT take 28 years to make the subway ACCESSABLE* only IF they can justify it, and with the current administration locally, that is not going to happen
Yeah I suspect things won’t be good for us in most (all?) states for the foreseeable future.
I am ever so grateful -- as a person with a bad spine top to bottom, two bad ankles, a bad knee, and asthma -- that I live in California. None of these problems are going to get any better, so elevators up/down to the public transport and kneeling buses with ramp lifts are so helpful. I can still walk very slowly, but it's so much easier, and stairs and I haven't gotten along in decades.
Of course we started early. A late friend of mine went to every state government hearing in the 70s, 80s, and some of the 90s to yell at them. Even for the prison system. She and her manual wheelchair went to mainland Europe in the late 80s and most things weren't even Accessible* back then.
But the populated areas are full of bleeding heart liberals who believe in equality and dignity, so ramps and curb cuts don't offend our sensibilities.