The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #120446 Message #2620039
Posted By: gnu
27-Apr-09 - 07:35 PM
Thread Name: BS: Wheelchair info
Subject: RE: BS: Wheelchair info
Bus lifts... that is great! I dunno if we have them here. Never occured to me to check.
About 30 years ago, I worked for a city government. I designed an intersection that included ramps for wheelchairs. Extra money... and there were no others on Main Street.
Long story short. When I was asked about the extra cost, and the man said he had never seen any wheelchairs on Main Street to justify the expenditure, I replied, "Of cousre not, but you will, after we put the ramps in all of the intersections."
Hard to imagine, even 30 years ago, that anyone could be so stunned.