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

[Jim Holland]

"Connor Hochleutner" <metroliner at ...> wrote:

Hello all-

I know this is going to sound unfair and may be down right offensive to 
some... so I apologize in advance.

First off, I cannot wait to see these buses in action! They should 
really cool and would be an asset for San Francisco.

Now...

After reading about how the disabled rights activists brought up the 
fact that the double decked bus will not have 'equitable' service 
because of the lack of lift to the second deck is EXACTLY what is wrong 
with this country. It shouldn't be a 'right' to sit on the second deck 
of a PUBLIC bus. You are getting the exact same service, going to the 
exact same place at the EXACT same time as everyone else on the bus. It 
just so happens that you have to sit in the designated spots for 
handicapped persons. I don't see them raising a holler over the fact 
that you can't have a wheelchair in the REAR of a bus.

Frankly, my response to this kind of statement would be "If you want to 
sit on the second deck of a bus and see San Francisco, Gray Line offers 
several great tours at attractive prices."

A municipal bus is for transportation, not for sitting on a second deck 
to admire the city.

/my two cents.

-Connor

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