Bill * USA - Would curb obstructions for bus riders
Boston,MAS,USA -The Boston Globe, by Noah Bierman -January 4, 2009: -- Anyone who rides MBTA buses knows how tough it is when you're dropped off 6 feet away from the curb and forced to dodge traffic to get to a sidewalk... Add a baby stroller, a wheelchair, or sight impairment and it gets trickier, if not impossible... The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and advocates such as Summerfield hope a bill now on the governor's desk will discourage that practice. The bill, approved by the Legislature last week, would raise tickets to $100 for parking at bus stops. Governor Deval Patrick's spokesman said his staff is still researching the measure to decide whether he will sign it... The inability to get to the curb is a top complaint of both passengers and bus drivers, Grabauskas said. The T has been training drivers to do a better job in that effort as part of the $310 million class-action settlement with disabled passengers in 2006, he said... Anyone who rides MBTA buses knows how tough it is when you're dropped off 6 feet away from the curb and forced to dodge traffic to get to a sidewalk... (Photo by Essdras M Suarez/Globe - Don Summerfield, a disability advocate from Cambridge, at an MBTA station)Labels: Bills and Laws
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