tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post5849667198423403582..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: DecisionsDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-91285227106172317852011-12-30T20:51:49.189-05:002011-12-30T20:51:49.189-05:00Hi Dave,
I appreciate you following up with the TT...Hi Dave,<br />I appreciate you following up with the TTC. When I had my first child and started navigating the TTC with a stroller it gave me a tiny taste of what wheelchair users experience. I am so frustrated and angry on your behalf. So often I would go out and on my return find a lift was not working. I would often receive help hefting the stroller up the stairs but always realized that would not work for someone in a chair. <br />Do they post these closures online in realtime? I know the information you mention regarding alternate routes should be posted but I think it is not always posted. <br />keep us posted please. Accessibility is an issue for many TTC users and perhaps us parents with strollers could help make the TTC more aware of how this impacts our use of their service.<br />In London UK the new tube line is fully accessible and it is identified as such 'accessible' as people with baby buggies, luggage, rolling shopping carts and those in wheelchairs or mobility devices all want to access lifts and ramps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-9501432687121840742011-12-29T23:07:42.829-05:002011-12-29T23:07:42.829-05:00Thank you for your writing. You teach me something...Thank you for your writing. You teach me something with every post and are deeply appreciated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-39521648793713449252011-12-29T18:03:14.274-05:002011-12-29T18:03:14.274-05:00The TTC is getting a letter from me today, too. :...The TTC is getting a letter from me today, too. :)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527926041729913404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-76472849809776416122011-12-29T17:19:59.949-05:002011-12-29T17:19:59.949-05:00Follow up: I just wrote the TTC about what happene...Follow up: I just wrote the TTC about what happened and made suggestions for change. I didn't want anything like this going over into the New Year. Thanks all. My readership is really down over the holidays and I appreciate those of you who come by even during the festive season and really appreicate those who bother to comment. Thanks all!Dave Hingsburgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-391654755435875832011-12-29T12:11:06.472-05:002011-12-29T12:11:06.472-05:00My advice (and I'm not sure if it's possib...My advice (and I'm not sure if it's possible, but here it is anyway), is to let the TTC know about how they can do better, and then (duty done), push it out of your head as an unpleasant chore you got done. You don't remember every time you went to the bathroom, or every time you flossed your teeth, perhaps you won't remember this incident either when you think of this day...Liz Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469435277058701080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-69097085762686557242011-12-29T11:47:34.711-05:002011-12-29T11:47:34.711-05:00I say ditto as well. And let's hope TTC pays a...I say ditto as well. And let's hope TTC pays attention. Thank you for sharing. Love your blog. (a day with Ruby sounds wonderful)Jo Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14107181583646907002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-56817116714449041002011-12-29T11:01:44.934-05:002011-12-29T11:01:44.934-05:00Ditto to what Anonymous says above.
Here in Washi...Ditto to what Anonymous says above.<br /><br />Here in Washington DC, they have announcements probably over the loud speaker system (though I don't hear those) and also on these lighted sign things at the platform level saying which elevators at which metro (subway) stops are out of service, and where wheelchair riders should go instead. There is also supposed to be a shuttle service available from the nearest metro stop to the stop where the elevator is out, though I have heard it can take ages and ages for the shuttle to arrive. For this reason, one friend of mine usually uses the escalator, wheelchair and all.<br /><br />It sounds like the folk running the system where you are need to come over to the Washington DC metro system to learn how things ought to be done. Things aren't perfect here, you could still find some frustration here also, but at least there is some conscious planning in place for wheelchair users, including a recognition that, hey, some of the people who normally use the elevators might not be ABLE to switch to the stairs or escalators.Andrea S.http://gdrl.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-78521358891629476422011-12-29T06:48:14.712-05:002011-12-29T06:48:14.712-05:00I don't care what you write, as long as you wr...I don't care what you write, as long as you write. Thank you for the effort, thank you for the thought, thank you for the time, trouble and <br />grace. Thank you for the insight, thank you for being you.<br />"This is my life and my memories, I've got to choose to fill the well, from which I will draw when old, with sweet water, not bitter." Lovely......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com