JayBeeGooner
Active Member
Aren't center platforms cheaper as well?
Less elevators and escalators to install and maintain. That alone is a benefit to island platforms.
Aren't center platforms cheaper as well?
Seriously fringe interest groups and advocates like these are really starting to get annoying.
Seriously fringe interest groups and advocates like these are really starting to get annoying.
Why does the majority have to bend over to just a fraction? The only thing that results from these people are delays and cost increases. While some of their points may be valid, in general they really should just suck it up. The only real way to prevent accidents for the impaired is to have platform screen doors not redesign stations at the cost of millions.
You are aware that York Mills has an island platform?York Mills and College Stations are being cited as examples why island platforms are not accessible.
Planned Eglinton LRT platforms ‘dangerous and inaccessible,’ says blind human rights lawyer
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/201...ccessible_says_blind_human_rights_lawyer.html
Off the top of my TTC hasn't routinely designed any side platform stations for subway extensions for 50 years. The last extension that used side platforms everywhere was the first BD extension in 1968. Dupont (and the additional Spadina station platforms are the exception to that in 1978). Yonge-Sheppard station on the Sheppard line is an overdesigned 3-platform station. The only other one I can think of is North York Centre which was constructed many years after the line opened. (I'm sure I've missed one that someone will happily point out).
Planned Eglinton LRT platforms ‘dangerous and inaccessible,’ says blind human rights lawyer
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/201...ccessible_says_blind_human_rights_lawyer.html
While I don't think changing the Eglinton design at this stage is the solution, your comments sound very prejudiced. Yes, I do expect blind people to be able to move freely and safely in a large city. And why not - they've been do so in large cities for decades!all frivolous.
So all the subway stations with central platforms in the world have a human rights problem now? Cities don't build subway stations catering to the needs of 0.1% of the population who happen to be blind regardless of cost and need. What's next, aircraft makers being sued for designing seats not big enough for those who weigh 300 pounds?
not to sound callous, but it is unrealistic to expect blind people to be able to move completely free and safe in a large city.
That's what the article says.
While I don't see any problem with people expressing concerns - I don't see why it's happening at this stage now. This decision was made and publicized years ago. These comments should have been made during the planning and assessment phase last decade.
While I don't think changing the Eglinton design at this stage is the solution, your comments sound very prejudiced. Yes, I do expect blind people to be able to move freely and safely in a large city. And why not - they've been do so in large cities for decades!
What do you mean? It's been done for decades.I doubt it and can't imagine how can that be done.
Are you trolling? This seems very ignorant. How did the blind kids cope when you were in school? Did you ever see any run over crossing the street?For example, how do they know if the traffic lights are green or red? When crossing University Ave for example, how do they know the lights have already changed?
I can't believe you'd write something so offensive and prejudiced! This is not okay.Don't take my word, try crossing three streets with your eyes shut, between two points you have walked 5000 times.
I doubt it and can't imagine how can that be done.
For example, how do they know if the traffic lights are green or red?
I can't believe you'd write something so offensive and prejudiced! This is not okay.
But this is stuff you see all the time in a city all of our lives. You sound like you just arrived on a bus from the barrens or something.no need to be so dramatic.
I just have a hard time imagine a blind man's life in a big city without assistance. Most information we get from this world is visual, and without being able to see I probably won't be able to get to the elevation, not to mention press the right button and fumble my way back home.