On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:40:49 -0000
"tim...." wrote:
The problem is:

if you spend 10 million pounds a year on special taxi fares for disabled
people, when a period of austerity comes along that money is easy to cut.

But if you've spent 200 million on infrastructure changes that are costing
you 10 million a year in finance costs you've no choice but to continue
paying it

Well money aside there are also more practical considerations. Deep level
tube trains are not large and in the rush hour even suitcases cause problems.
Wheelchair users would have no chance even in the new trains with the
pointless wheelchair section (if theres nowhere for people to move out of the
way to to let a wheelchair go there they won't move, end of) since commuters
are not going to get off to allow someone in a wheelchair to take their
place. They'd either have to get on somewhere near the end of the line, not
use it during busy periods or forget it and get a taxi.

B2003