Posted on 06/12/2018 4:06:56 PM PDT by raybbr
A complaint from a state disability advocacy organization has shuttered bathrooms aboard the Hartford Lines CTrail trains just before the new commuter lines launch this weekend.
Restrooms on half of the Hartford Line trains those operated by the state as opposed to Amtrak will remain closed until they are made accessible to individuals with disabilities in early 2019, the state Department of Transportation announced Tuesday.
The closure comes in response to a reversed decision from the Federal Railroad Administration, which had previously granted the state a temporary exemption from the Americans for Disabilities Act, according to the DOT.
Disability Rights Connecticut, a nonprofit advocacy group for state residents with disabilities, said it filed an ADA complaint with the FRA on June 8 regarding the new commuter line, which is scheduled to open June 16.
(Excerpt) Read more at courant.com ...
Typical progressives outcome!
So what, everyone has to piss and defecate on the handicapped?
Only liberals would consider no bathroom access at all an improvement over bathroom access for most.
You’ll be SORRY!!
Just another reason not to use socialist transportation.
Sadly, yes.
On a similar note, as women are allegedly paid less than men no one will be paid until this is fixed.
Sometimes I wonder if some secret cabal is just manipulating these stupid blockheads from afar for their own amusement.
“I think I’ve found a way to get the bathrooms closed in every train station in Connecticut.”
Or maybe there’s a more sinister purpose at work here.
“If we can’t pee there, nobody can.”
— Disabled lobby
Hartford is a sh&* hole already...
I wonder when someone will get around to forcing airlines to provide larger bathrooms on airplanes. I fly all the time and while I can fit--barely--and I'm 5'8 and 200 pounds--I feel sorry for anyone much bigger, like the people that sometimes take half my seat when sitting next to me.
Seriously, by now all restrooms should be sized to accommodate everyone, including those with accessibility challenges.
Maybe other riders will demand more immediate action by train officials.
The country has given overwhelming power to the few. The many are subservient to a privileged minority.
100% of the public is forced to speak English wrong by using made-up pronouns. Everybody is forced into an embarrassing situation in bathrooms.
The majority is out of power.
Punish the innocent, reward the guilty.
It’s the Progressive regressive way.
Depends All Around!
Predictable and sad to see progressives destroying what once was a beautiful state all around.
There is no problem so bad that a “progressive” government can’t make it worse!
I’m sure they will discount the tickets...Yeah, right.
Didn’t someone sue the Univ. of Cal. over their free on-line videos of classes because the deaf couldn’t use them because they weren’t subtitled. I believe they had to pull them all. If the deaf couldn’t use them, nobody could use them.
No man’s life, liberty or proper pee are safe as long as Congress is in session...
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