[PRCo] Re: OT: Muni to test double-deckers!!!! YAY!

[Jim Holland]

Alan Kline <akline at ...> wrote:

Oh, please...the intent of the ADA is to ensure that everyone can get 
from point A to point B. I don't think there's anything there which 
demands that absolutely everyone be able to access every nook and cranny 
of every vehicle. If someone interpreted the ADA to say that the upper 
deck had to be accessible to wheelchairs, for example, that would 
basically outlaw double-deckers in this country. And maybe they could 
explain why the ADA doesn't require elevators in Amtrak Superliners and 
gallery cars on a dozen commuter rail lines...

Besides, if London is any example, there are times and places where one 
wouldn't *want* to be on the upper deck... (the Mission in late evening 
comes to mind...)

Some of these "activists" do their cause a disservice by stretching 
things to the point of lunacy.

Now, let's take things one step further and try out some double-deck  
*trolley coaches*... (Yes, they exist...double-deck TC's once ran in 
London, and some still run in museums...)

ak

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