Does Priority Seating Exist?
Upon one of our authors speaking in person with a CTA Supervisor on August 29th, 2006,
the answer is "NO". That's right, apparently these wheelchair logos and the written warnings regarding priority seating are there for decoration!
CTA SOUND OFF approached this supervisor stationed at the corner of Western and Division at or around 3:45pm and complained like a reasonable person about the priority seatng always being used by those who are not disabled....even when the buses are jammed with riders.
We asked why this is allowed to happen. The supervisor's reply was exactly "We can't do anything about it. We can't make them move because they have the same right to sit there as you have" "We aren't going to ask our drivers to enforce it" We reminded the supervisor at this point that this is a violation of the law to refuse accessibility to the handicapped.
The conversation was obviously over, and CTA SOUND OFF went about their day.
the answer is "NO". That's right, apparently these wheelchair logos and the written warnings regarding priority seating are there for decoration!
CTA SOUND OFF approached this supervisor stationed at the corner of Western and Division at or around 3:45pm and complained like a reasonable person about the priority seatng always being used by those who are not disabled....even when the buses are jammed with riders.
We asked why this is allowed to happen. The supervisor's reply was exactly "We can't do anything about it. We can't make them move because they have the same right to sit there as you have" "We aren't going to ask our drivers to enforce it" We reminded the supervisor at this point that this is a violation of the law to refuse accessibility to the handicapped.
The conversation was obviously over, and CTA SOUND OFF went about their day.
posted by CTA Sound-Off at 5:11 PM
1 Comments:
Well, the city *does* love to put on a show for its citizens/patrons, that only employees can fully realize is a farce.
Good luck with the blog. Hopefully more city employees will follow the trend and gain media attention.
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