Not everyone has the physical mobility to bus/train or walk everywhere. Having spent the last 8 weeks recovering from fractures (foot and tailbone), I've had a chance to see just how much the T is a hostile environment for folks with mobility issues (that's everything from the perpetual game of broken escalator/elevator roulette to bus drivers who can't be bothered to wait until a person using crutches has reached the seat just beyond the farebox before pulling away). If I owned a vehicle, there is no way on earth I would have used public transit - and that's coming from someone who wholeheartedly supports the use of public transit/walking/biking.
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Date: 2007-04-24 07:20 pm (UTC)Having spent the last 8 weeks recovering from fractures (foot and tailbone), I've had a chance to see just how much the T is a hostile environment for folks with mobility issues (that's everything from the perpetual game of broken escalator/elevator roulette to bus drivers who can't be bothered to wait until a person using crutches has reached the seat just beyond the farebox before pulling away). If I owned a vehicle, there is no way on earth I would have used public transit - and that's coming from someone who wholeheartedly supports the use of public transit/walking/biking.