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Amtrak ends outrageous policy -$25K charge |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Jan 27 10:33:31 2020 Absurd |
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Re: Amtrak ends policy that led to $25K charge for wheelchair activists |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Mon Jan 27 12:18:43 2020, in response to Amtrak ends outrageous policy -$25K charge, posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Jan 27 10:33:31 2020. How come the article doesn't say what the pricing policy is?Sounds more like an overblown pricing error. $25K to remove seats to accommodate wheelchairs? |
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Posted by Joe V on Mon Jan 27 13:46:28 2020, in response to Amtrak ends outrageous policy -$25K charge, posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Jan 27 10:33:31 2020. Good for Senator Duckworth, who left limbs behind in Iraq. Anderson/Gardner have outraged yet another US Senator. |
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Re: Amtrak ends policy that led to $25K charge for wheelchair activists |
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Posted by Joe V on Mon Jan 27 14:53:43 2020, in response to Re: Amtrak ends policy that led to $25K charge for wheelchair activists, posted by Olog-hai on Mon Jan 27 12:18:43 2020. No error. They meant it. Yes, Amtrak is that stupid and arrogant, if not defiant of ADA. |
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Posted by Joe V on Tue Jan 28 06:52:45 2020, in response to Amtrak ends outrageous policy -$25K charge, posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Jan 27 10:33:31 2020. Illinois |
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Posted by The Silence on Tue Jan 28 12:10:57 2020, in response to Amtrak ends outrageous policy -$25K charge, posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Jan 27 10:33:31 2020. In order to accommodate them, they would need to pull the car/cars from service, remove the seats, have to schedule to ensure the same train is on the run they will be taking back, pull the car/cars from service again and put the seats back.Part of the problem that this article doesn't mention is that some, if not all, were planning on using bulky and heavy power chairs. |
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Re: Amtrak ends outrageous policy -$25K charge |
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Posted by The Silence on Tue Jan 28 12:13:03 2020, in response to Re: Amtrak ends outrageous policy -$25K charge, posted by The Silence on Tue Jan 28 12:10:57 2020. I'm not saying they shouldn't be accommodated, I'm just saying they should realize what that accommodation requires any maybe consider traveling with smaller chairs to make things easy for everyone. Some of them just sit in normal seats with their smaller chairs folded and stowed, kinda like what an airline does. |
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Re: Amtrak ends policy that led to $25K charge for wheelchair activists |
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Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Tue Jan 28 12:32:15 2020, in response to Re: Amtrak ends policy that led to $25K charge for wheelchair activists, posted by Joe V on Mon Jan 27 14:53:43 2020. The government should nationalize healthcare so we can have more of these types of articles. |
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Re: Amtrak ends policy that led to $25K charge for wheelchair activists |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Tue Jan 28 12:40:16 2020, in response to Re: Amtrak ends policy that led to $25K charge for wheelchair activists, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Tue Jan 28 12:32:15 2020. We'd be swamped with articles about seniors being left on gurneys in the ER for 48 hours, and stories like this would get buried. |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Tue Jan 28 13:07:01 2020, in response to Re: Amtrak ends outrageous policy -$25K charge, posted by The Silence on Tue Jan 28 12:13:03 2020. First off, power chairs are in general narrow enough to get through the doorway to/from the vestibule, and to turn in the vestibule to go through those doors.Secondly, when the Amfleet carswere purchased the ideawas that the seats could be easily movedto increase or decrease seating capacity. Third, simply assigning an extracafe/business class car with several removedseats would have provided both easy accommodation of the riders and more net space onthe train. The object should be "serve your market". For comparison, Amtrak has removeda 4 seat boothfrom some of the new V L II diners to make space for garbage cans. |
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Posted by The silence on Tue Jan 28 14:38:41 2020, in response to Re: Amtrak ends outrageous policy -$25K charge, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Tue Jan 28 13:07:01 2020. Most are, but from the research I did when this story first came up, their’s aren’t. |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Tue Jan 28 16:57:14 2020, in response to Re: Amtrak ends outrageous policy -$25K charge, posted by The silence on Tue Jan 28 14:38:41 2020. if they don't fit through the end doors, they can't ride. end of story. |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Jan 28 19:45:40 2020, in response to Re: Amtrak ends outrageous policy -$25K charge, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Tue Jan 28 16:57:14 2020. ADA violation. |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Tue Jan 28 23:30:51 2020, in response to Re: Amtrak ends outrageous policy -$25K charge, posted by randyo on Tue Jan 28 19:45:40 2020. yup |
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Posted by Joe V on Wed Jan 29 17:31:43 2020, in response to Re: Amtrak ends outrageous policy -$25K charge, posted by randyo on Tue Jan 28 19:45:40 2020. Without question. |
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