... Indeed. Also accessible transport benefits the able bodied too. One example is ramps and level boarding which is good for those with prams, wheeled cases...
David Hansen
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Aug 1, 2007 7:04 am
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A special fund from where? I think all PT should be paid for by Govt. A Govt is meant to be agroup of people running a country *for* its citizens. Therefore...
I do agree that the whole thing should be made accessible without reducing the service. We have random raised kerbs here in Bristol but hardly any accessible...
Once again, drivers moaning about speeding tickets. Answer...don't speed! We get the same here with drivers claiming its 'war on the motorist' and just a way...
I just wanted to let everyone know that my speech was very well received Saturday ("CAR SiCKO: A Prescription for Socialized Transportation"). I had a pretty...
... Got to love the way he makes it sound like the sneaky ticketing of cars legitimately decelerating from the 55 to 40 mph limits. He was still going too fast...
This article from NYC reminds me how shortly after being married, I attended the weddings of several of my wife's friends in NYC. These weddings tended to have...
... =v= A rare privilege in the 5 boroughs, but very commonplace in New Jersey. Actually the only New Yorkers I know who do any measurable amount of driving...
Can someone remind me who President Gore is ? Al Gore may have been elected president in 2000, but he wasn't allowed to take office, was he ? Simon Norton...
I'm not saying that it's not worth giving disabled people access to public transport, just that putting the burden for financing this solely on able bodied ...
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... elected ... TF: He wasn't allowed to take office because he wasn't elected. The crowd whose spin you're apparently following, is the same crowd that has...
... =v= For starters, that's a mighty big "if" there. Experience with just plain old EVs (electric vehicles) has made it clear that their drivers will just...
... =v= The report's scenario for energy sources is kind of like this: There will be more (unspecified) renewable energy sources, but the _status_quo_ will...
U.S.A.ah yes.the people of megabus are at it again with new intercity bus service to start in 6 west coast cities. Megabus.com Launches $1 Bus Service on West...
A wonderful documentary is making the rounds in the USA right now called "Manufactured Landscapes". Don't miss it! It's too late for me to write all about it...
... called ... write ... TF: Then wait until a day when it's _not_ past your bedtime, to tell us about it. I followed your instructions to google around about...
I coulnd't see it either but thats probably cos I'm inept when it comes to media players and plug ins and stuff. Wonder what the carbon footprint is of buying...
Los Angeles Times Road kill Why are we so worried about terrorism when so many more people are dying on our highways? By By Gregg Easterbrook August 5, 2007 ...
Same here. 10 people dead each day on UK roads and hundreds injured. Yet the papers are all going on and on about 17 stabbings in 7 months in London. Which is...
... Yet the papers are all going on and on about 17 stabbings in 7 months in London. Which is awful too but how come those daily deaths don't make the news?...
I disagree with the (full) article on one point. Rising global prosperity is of two types. For some people it means an end to poverty which is certainly a good...
I (and probably other members of this group) disagree with the (full) article on one fundamental point. Rising economic prosperity can lift some people out of...
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