[blparent] on public transportation with a baby

[Erin Rumer]

Hello and happy Friday.

You totally can bring a stroller on the bus and you can ask for the drivers
help in placing it in a safe place to get it out of the way of other riders.
If you know the configuration of the bus you're riding really well you can
always try and do this yourself but that could be a lot with a baby.  The
other riders around you might prove as helpful but that depends on each
individual trip as you know.  Depending on what you're doing and how far
you're going you might decide to have the baby in a carrier strapped to you
so you don't have to lug around a heavy stroller but each situation will
call for different things and you'll find-out what you like the most as you
go along.

As for the Taxi, if you're calling ahead of time I would let them know that
you'll have a baby in a car seat.  This will not only be courteous to the
cab company but it will also help prepare the driver so that the room is
made in the back seat.  This may not be an option if you're hailing a cab
however and in that case you'll just be doing what you need to do on the
fly.

Have a great weekend.

Erin

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Tatyana
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 12:49 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] on public transportation with a baby

Hello,
First of all, I would  like to thank all who responded to my questions. I've
read carefully  your stroller recommendations, did our own research and we
finely purchased our first baby thing. It's a pricy stroller but it has all
features that we were looking for. I don't remember the name right now,
it's a stroller that I'm going to pool behind me, it has adjustable handle,
it converts to flat surface   which is good for a newborn, a carseat may be
attached with additionally bought adapter, and that's a jogger.

So, can I bring a stroller on a public bus? I believe I can, but will it be
attached by a driver, so it don't move, or I will need  to do it myself? In
case of taxi, do I need to inform them that I'm going travel with a baby in
a carseat?  

Tatyana.
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