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Hartford (CT) Line's CTrail Trains To Run Without Bathrooms After ADA Complaint
Courant.com ^ | 6-12-18 | Rebecca Lurye

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 Line’s CTrail trains just before the new commuter line’s 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 ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: ada
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Typical progressives outcome!

1 posted on 06/12/2018 4:06:56 PM PDT by raybbr
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So what, everyone has to piss and defecate on the handicapped?


2 posted on 06/12/2018 4:08:16 PM PDT by WMarshal (Molon Labe!)
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Only liberals would consider no bathroom access at all an improvement over bathroom access for most.


3 posted on 06/12/2018 4:08:23 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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You’ll be SORRY!!


4 posted on 06/12/2018 4:08:48 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: raybbr

Just another reason not to use socialist transportation.


5 posted on 06/12/2018 4:09:24 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: raybbr

Sadly, yes.


6 posted on 06/12/2018 4:09:34 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: raybbr

On a similar note, as women are allegedly paid less than men no one will be paid until this is fixed.


7 posted on 06/12/2018 4:10:22 PM PDT by rey
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To: raybbr

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.


8 posted on 06/12/2018 4:10:27 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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“If we can’t pee there, nobody can.”

— Disabled lobby


9 posted on 06/12/2018 4:11:03 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("Married with children.")
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To: piasa

Hartford is a sh&* hole already...


10 posted on 06/12/2018 4:11:20 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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I actually cheer this ruling. Shame on them for making the bathrooms, presumably too small and, inaccessible in the first place.

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.

11 posted on 06/12/2018 4:13:19 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: Col Frank Slade
The whole state is going down the toilet.
12 posted on 06/12/2018 4:14:02 PM PDT by McGruff (And I thought Sarah Palin would have been the greatest president since Ronald Reagan)
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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.


13 posted on 06/12/2018 4:19:46 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Leftism = hypocrisy.)
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Punish the innocent, reward the guilty.

It’s the Progressive regressive way.


14 posted on 06/12/2018 4:19:55 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>https://i.imgur.com/zXSEP5Z.gif)
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Depends All Around!


15 posted on 06/12/2018 4:20:57 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: raybbr

Predictable and sad to see progressives destroying what once was a beautiful state all around.


16 posted on 06/12/2018 4:22:13 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
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There is no problem so bad that a “progressive” government can’t make it worse!


17 posted on 06/12/2018 4:24:57 PM PDT by null and void (Have the courage to shine the light of reason in a dark world)
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I’m sure they will discount the tickets...Yeah, right.


18 posted on 06/12/2018 4:25:06 PM PDT by runfree
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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.


19 posted on 06/12/2018 4:28:01 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: raybbr

No man’s life, liberty or proper pee are safe as long as Congress is in session...


20 posted on 06/12/2018 4:35:34 PM PDT by null and void (Have the courage to shine the light of reason in a dark world)
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