Step Backwards - UK - Disabled fears on ftr buses
York,UK -The York Press, by Lucy Stephens -25 Aug 2006: -- IT was billed as the bus of the future - but for some sectors of the community, it's taken a step backwards... Blind and disabled people living in York have voiced serious concerns about the controversial new ftr bus which was launched in the city in May... Despite its sleek, futuristic design, they say it contains more hazards for people with mobility and visual problems than buses of the past... One of the main problems for blind people was the fact that the bus driver was separated from the customers by being placed low down in front of the vehicle in an individual compartment - making it impossible for blind people to ask him to shout out their stop...
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