[nagdu] Bus seating

[Steve Johnson]

Yes, that is correct and allowable as a reasonable accommodation under
ADA/DOT.  I had listened in on an ADA/DOT teleconference about 2 years ago,
and all matters of and relating to transit access were discussed.  I will
see if I still have the transcripts somewhere, and if not, our transit
manager sat in too and he might still have the info.  

Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Tracy Carcione
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 1:57 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Bus seating

I wouldn't want Ben on the seat.  For one thing, he'd start trying to take
advantage.  For another, I don't think it would be safe.  If the bus stops
suddenly, I can brace my feet and put out my hand.  If Ben's on the seat, he
can't do either.  I'd have to hold him in my arms, or something, in case he
might slide off.  If he's on the floor where he belongs, I can help hold him
with my feet.
Tracy

> I know Albert mentioned this as a joke, but I wanted to tell everyone 
> that you *can* offer your guide dog a seat. I spoke to several bus 
> drivers, and all of them said that as long as the bus was not overly 
> full and the dog behaved (which all guide dogs should!), they had no 
> problem with a guide dog sitting in a seat on the buses that don't 
> have room under the seat. I just thought I'd let people know that if 
> you ask, it may be allowed, and is therefore an option for people 
> whose buses don't have the underneath room for a poor squished guide 
> dog.
>
> ~Jewel
>
> On 4/1/10, AnnaLisa Anderson <annalisa at sector14.net> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> The buses around here don't have anywhere for your dog to go in the 
>> front or the back where the sideways facing seats are.  Therefore I 
>> very rarely sit up front, unless either I'm only going a very short 
>> distance, or if the bus is super crowded.  Sometimes I will sit in 
>> the sideways seats in the back, not so worried about Sunny getting 
>> stepped on back there, but it still happens.  I much prefer the 
>> normal forward facing seats, and I usually try to go 3 or 4 back on 
>> the right, so there is no wheelchair brace or diagonal bar in the 
>> way.  And on the right so I can just have Sunny turn slightly and 
>> back herself in.  She has gotten to be extremely good at backing in 
>> and plopping herself down in the floor at the same time I am sitting
down.
>> Then
>> I put a leg on either side of her so she doesn't slide around, and 
>> we're set.
>>
>> AnnaLisa and Sundance
>>
>>
>>
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