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Posted by Jane Hirt - 12:30 p.m., Aug. 30
A reader called the RedEye newsroom yesterday, wanting to vent about the CTA.
One of his biggest gripes involves the stroller for his year-old baby. He said he tries to be polite and stay out of people’s way and he can understand why some on the bus might be annoyed.
But what annoys him are the "kids" who sit in the handicapped-accessible seats and just stare at him as he tries to juggle his baby and the stroller.
Not only do they not move, they also give him attitude.
This dad believes handicapped-accessible seats are reserved for people with strollers when they’re not being occupied by wheelchairs.
Is that true?
I asked our CTA columnist, Kyra Kyles, if there are any hard-and-fast rules for those handicapped-accessible seats. She said the CTA has told her those seats are for whomever needs them most—but nobody, even a lazy teen with a ‘tude, can be forced to move.
So it’s up to people to show some common decency and give a parent with a stroller or a person in a wheelchair a break.
Will you do it? Or are you one of those people who thinks it's not your problem that someone decided to have a baby or needs a wheelchair?
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If I'm sitting in a wheelchair accessible seat and someone who is in a wheelchair comes on the bus, why wouldn't I move? That's who those seats are for, not someone who brings a stroller on the bus. Don't expect special treatment because you brought a stoller on the bus..just like you have the right to bring a stoller on the bus and no one can tell you to close it, no one has to give up their seat for it.
Posted by: Pamela | Aug 30, 2007 1:00:40 PM