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Old June 30th 05, 06:15 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Buggies are wheelchairs!

On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:18:42 +0100, Paul Corfield
wrote:

As others have
said the space on these buses is for wheelchair users not specifically
for buggies which are carried unfolded as a favour not a right.


As I've said elsewhere, as have others, it is multipurpose space. The
order of priority would, in my mind, typically be:-

1. wheelchair user
2. any passenger with an item that won't fit anywhere else on the bus
without causing an obstruction, e.g. pram, very large or heavy
suitcases etc
3. any other passenger

As I also said elsewhere, I'd remove the seats from the space as it
avoids arguments. Certainly on a decker, there are plenty of other
seats, and if the bus is so full that the last 2 are needed, more
standing space will come in useful at the next stop.

Neil

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