[nagdu] bringing shopping carts on the bus

Marion Gwizdala blind411 at verizon.net
Sun Jun 10 20:37:00 UTC 2012


Steve,
    I'm not sure if a complaint concerning the lack of a ramp for bringing a 
shopping cart on a bus would be considered by the FTA as it is not a 
discriminatory practice.

fraternally yours,
Marion



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Criminal Justice Major" <orleans24 at comcast.net>
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Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] bringing shopping carts on the bus


> Hi, Steve,
> All the buses here in Colorado have an accessible ramp.
> I've requested at times with no problems and sometimes, the drivers have 
> volunteered to help me pull my cart up on to the bus.
> Some of the buses do have a feature where they can be lowered toward the 
> ground as they have one step to climb up on.
> Others have three stairs and that can be more trickier.
> I have worked Odie while pulling my shopping cart backwards with my right 
> hand.
> Odie would be on the left guiding me while the cart rolled backwards near 
> the right hand side of me.
> Bibi
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