On Mar 20, 2:14�pm, Adrian wrote:
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Oh dear. * It seems that even the existence of RMs paralleling
conventional accessible routes isn't to everyone's satisfaction.......

Is anything *ever*...?

I must confess that I'm surprised by what seems to be an attitude
that, if someone can't have or do something, then no-one should be
able to.

Wish I was.

Transport consultant Andrew Braddock says Routemasters are "quirky -

Is that a *bad* thing...?

He stresses that in 2017 it will be illegal to have public transport
that is inaccessible and "TfL are opening themselves to legal action".

And by then, every SINGLE tube station will be wheelchair-accesible, will
it? Because they sure as hell aren't now.

Here is the detail of the formal complaint I have lodged at the
Disability Rights Commission about Mr. Edwards: may I suggest others
who see the idiocy of his comments do likewise?

"I understand that Mr. Edwards has been complaining about the
existence of 12 Routemaster buses on 2 heritage routes. He is
misleading his audience when he makes his complaint: these buses are
EXTRAS, and compliment the full number of accessible buses on these 2
routes. These EXTRA buses can no more be said to be discriminatory
than if I drive my car on the road, providing 5 EXTRA seats to be
occupied. He is also making an idiotic argument worse by claiming
that ALL public transport will have to be disabled-access by 2017: is
he suggesting that TFL and the vast majority of National Rail trains
and stations will be decommissioned as being illegal in 2017?

"Mr. Edwards is clearly a moron and does your organisation a great
disservice.

Marc.