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From: Zebee Johnstone <zeb...@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Crap respsonse from Connex about bikes on trains.
Date: 6 Jan 2008 10:18:27 GMT
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In aus.bicycle on Sun, 6 Jan 2008 20:13:29 +1100
DJ <mrj...@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> I know when they first bought out those low floor wheelchair buses about 7 
> years ago, i think i have carried about 6 wheelchair passengers in 5 years.

I've seen elderly passengers being quite thankful for those.  Ditto
people with prams.

Long ago when I was young, Perth buses used to carry prams on racks on
the back of the bus.  They stopped it, I believe because of the hassle
the drivers had doing the loading and unloading as not all pram owners
could manage it.

When I was working in North Sydney I used to take the train home if I
was late home of an evening and couldn't be arsed facing the hills.

No point trying to get the bike on in peak hour though!

I expect the 'bent wouldn't fit on a bus bicycle rack anyway.

Zebee