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Access Systems wrote:
Access Systems wrote: Robert Woolley wrote: wrote: unfortunately for some stupid reason most of those buses do not actually have the ramp installed. http://www.transportforlondon.gov.uk...lowfloor.shtml there are some 5,600 fully accessible buses in service in London, compared to a quoted figure on MTA's web page at LOW floor does not = accessible That depends on the driver. The vast majority of these have ramps. Low floor plus ramp looks pretty accessible to me. low floor with ramp is accessible, unless a lot of ramps have been retrofitted the first couple thousand low floors were delived without the ramps....will double check with my source in London. my check shows that as of Sept approx 3500 of the 5500 LT buses are Low floor, most of these have a kneeling feature and space on board for wheelchairs but most do not comply with DDA (UK-ADA) "only the low floor buses with the double center doors have the power ramps" Those are the only ones with extending ramps, but IIRC a lot of the others have automatic folding ramps, which are usually more efficient. However, ramp reliability is a problem - probably the biggest reason for buses not being fully accessible. More and more London bus routes are cashless, so in future some operators may use manually folding ramps, which will solve the reliability problem. LT proclaims that their bus fleet will be fully DDA compliant by 2017 I thought they were claiming 2012? NYC TA buses have been 100% ADA compliant for a number of years... |
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