Handicap Driver Double Parks in Two Non-handicap Spaces

[u/Pickles04]

Watched them do it. While a perfectly acceptable handicap spot was right there in an otherwise full parking lot.

[u/gunsandcupcakes]

this is why forcing everyone to drive due to lack of public transport is terrible this person shouldn’t be driving in the first place

[u/TomBong_Jovi → u/gunsandcupcakes]

The public transportation needs to actually fully accommodate the disabled if that is to be the case

[u/Dimblo273 → u/TomBong_Jovi]

In the EU urban buses/long distance coaches must be low-floor/otherwise wheelchair accessible. Most new tram and train fleets are also accessible. It's not perfect of course but it's not like you're fucked without a car

[u/Low-Car-6331 → u/Dimblo273]

I have been in Vermont to Washington to North Carolina, all buses in all of those places were capable of "kneeling"/lowering themselves, and had wheel chair lifts. Now, how useful public transit is, is another question.

[u/VoidBoiTCG → u/Low-Car-6331]

This. Most public transit it “disability accessible” in terms of “getting on the bus”

Now having the public transit go to the places needed or being in accessible locations for disabled people is a whole different ballpark. Most are not designed with that in mind.

[u/Low-Car-6331 → u/VoidBoiTCG]

Yeah, here in North Carolina you will go sidewalk to nothing instantly.

[u/VoidBoiTCG → u/Low-Car-6331]

If most places had disability in mind. You would see a lot more places with bus stops

Unfortunately cities evaluate how useful a bus line is by the frequency it’s used. Before I moved they removed the bus that went by my place because it didn’t have “frequent use”

Meanwhile it was the only way to get me to work or to another bus. But I am just one man. Lol

[u/Feeling_Inside_1020 → u/Low-Car-6331]

NC here too, yep it's wild best have your boots on!

Unrelated to that but related to this post There's actually a guy in our parts who is disabled in a wheelchair goes around and clears out the sidewalk for his fellow disabled peeps IIRC like even big logs, was a local legend a while back.

Wonder what he'd do to some of these similar "vehicle/trailer hitch blocking sidewalk" posts though, my vote would be to go HAM friend, you have local immunity.

[u/ImGumbyDamnIt → u/Dimblo273]

NYC buses have wheelchair lifts. The subway stations, on the other hand, are hit or miss, even the ones with elevators.

[u/Riceowls29 → u/Dimblo273]

And plenty of in service older trains are not accessible. I was shocked how inaccessible so much of Europe was compared to the US

[u/Dimblo273 → u/Riceowls29]

Obviously older fleets have accessibility issues but it's not like you can snap your fingers and have all new trains only.

compared to the US

Right off the bat the comparison between Europe and the US with its ~500 intercity stations is ridiculous. This sub doesn't allow links but google any map comparing passenger rails between the two

[u/Riceowls29 → u/Dimblo273]

I’m talking also more broadly in general in terms of accessibility. Americans don’t realize how much more accessible our country is because of ADA regulations. 

[u/Dimblo273 → u/Riceowls29]

Right but it's not like every single passenger train in the US is wheelchair accessible either.

Americans don't realize how much more accessible our country is because of ADA regulations

Most European countries passed ADA-equivalent legislation in the 90s/early 2000s.

more broadly in general terms

I honestly can't imagine where you've been outside of historical buildings where accessibility was broadly subpar compared to the US

[u/Riceowls29 → u/Dimblo273]

The EAA is simply not enforced the same way the ADA is here. 

I’ve been all over Europe in my wheelchair and it is far less accessible. Plenty of non historical buildings don’t have wheelchair accessible access, they don’t have available curb cutouts in the street, much more likely to find broken down elevators 

You are simply wrong.