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.
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LOL!
“Or maybe there’s a more sinister purpose at work here.”
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Nothing sinister-—it’s just the ADA Nazis doing what they have been doing for almost 30 years——ignoring good,common sense.
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ADA = Attorneys Dreams Arrived
Why didn’t they have ADA compliant restrooms from day one on the plans? That’s just stupid.
Shutting them down will lead to people peeing all over the cars. Not good for anyone.
Reminds me of those "handicapped" parking spaces. Dozens of them are always empty. And on the rare occasion when I see one used the person is not even handicapped.
They’ll be smelling like the NYC subways in no time at all. When you gotta go you’re going to go.
Hope there is a Starbucks near every station.
Hopefully the trains are the only thing that runs..........
You do realize that the train was purchased by the government! You know like 'it takes a village'..... solutions!
New Haven, Hartford, Springfield—three disaster areas pretending to be cities...
Simple solution for the men....just bring a reclosable container to pee in....
Sometimes you just have to go...
Women, it’s a bit more complicated....
Agreed about airlines! Just read something that an airline was going to make them even smaller?
I haven't been to New Haven or Hartford in years, but I do make it back to Springfield on occasion and frankly it is worse than Detroit IMHO. Detroit is at least on a rebound with tons of jobs and potential, Springfield other than the hand gun manufacturer, what does it have except a couple of big hospitals, it is a shell of it's former self, I remember it back in the day...
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