Obviously you have ne at a disadvantage since not onlyu do I come from the Land Without Trams (or light rail), but you obviously care more about the issue than I do, and probably have a greater understanding of the issues.
Where I live, public transport is very much bus-based, and even on the four arterial train lines it is fairly rare to see the wheelchair-bound travelling.
I'm also less concerned with providing "fair and equal access" to existing infrastructure, although I do tend to agree that where possible new infrastructure should strive to achieve those lofty aims of "fair and equal access", and that light rail should be rolled out far more than it is.
(Of course, I'm one of those people who gets really annoyed when they build zig-zag, wheelchair-friendly ramps instead of up-and-down, direct stairs.)
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Date: 2006-03-11 03:18 pm (UTC)Where I live, public transport is very much bus-based, and even on the four arterial train lines it is fairly rare to see the wheelchair-bound travelling.
I'm also less concerned with providing "fair and equal access" to existing infrastructure, although I do tend to agree that where possible new infrastructure should strive to achieve those lofty aims of "fair and equal access", and that light rail should be rolled out far more than it is.
(Of course, I'm one of those people who gets really annoyed when they build zig-zag, wheelchair-friendly ramps instead of up-and-down, direct stairs.)