Comments on: Catch a disabled-friendly train in Auckland City! http://walkingisoverrated.com/2007/11/30/catch-a-disabled-friendly-train-in-auckland-city/ disability news, views, and reviews from NZ and around the world Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:13:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Ron http://walkingisoverrated.com/2007/11/30/catch-a-disabled-friendly-train-in-auckland-city/#comment-256 Ron Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:59:52 +0000 http://walkingisoverrated.com/2007/11/30/catch-a-disabled-friendly-train-in-auckland-city/#comment-256 In Adelaide they have got round this platform hight problem by adding a little sub ,or would it be super ? platform at a point along platforms which consists of a slab about 2m wide which is raised to the right hight and sloped or beveled at each side so you can drive up on to it. Then , as long as the driver remembers to stop with the doors just in front of it (which they usually do , off you go.A simple cheap, and neat solution to the problem which I bet MAXX can find a reason not to do :-) In Adelaide they have got round this platform hight problem by adding a little sub ,or would it be super ? platform at a point along platforms which consists of a slab about 2m wide which is raised to the right hight and sloped or beveled at each side so you can drive up on to it. Then , as long as the driver remembers to stop with the doors just in front of it (which they usually do , off you go.A simple cheap, and neat solution to the problem which I bet MAXX can find a reason not to do :-)

]]> By: Tim http://walkingisoverrated.com/2007/11/30/catch-a-disabled-friendly-train-in-auckland-city/#comment-240 Tim Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:42:49 +0000 http://walkingisoverrated.com/2007/11/30/catch-a-disabled-friendly-train-in-auckland-city/#comment-240 After being forced to crawl onto a train a few years ago. I did quite a lot of research at the time into why the new platforms were lower than the trains creating a step. I was told that the new trains would be designed to be level with the platforms. Is this still the intention? If not why are they building all the platforms lower than the trains? When I was in Vancouver last year my wife and I used the Sky Train which is totally accessible. Some bright spark had the idea of making the platform and the train the same high eliminating the need to muck around putting ramps down (it’s not really rocket science is it??) On a positive note I commend the progress that has been made by MAXX to make things more accessible. After being forced to crawl onto a train a few years ago. I did quite a lot of research at the time into why the new platforms were lower than the trains creating a step. I was told that the new trains would be designed to be level with the platforms. Is this still the intention? If not why are they building all the platforms lower than the trains?

When I was in Vancouver last year my wife and I used the Sky Train which is totally accessible. Some bright spark had the idea of making the platform and the train the same high eliminating the need to muck around putting ramps down (it’s not really rocket science is it??)

On a positive note I commend the progress that has been made by MAXX to make things more accessible.

]]> By: Review: Henderson Transport Centre http://walkingisoverrated.com/2007/11/30/catch-a-disabled-friendly-train-in-auckland-city/#comment-230 Review: Henderson Transport Centre Sun, 02 Dec 2007 10:41:49 +0000 http://walkingisoverrated.com/2007/11/30/catch-a-disabled-friendly-train-in-auckland-city/#comment-230 [...] not forget, of course, that it’s also a train station! However it was a bit confusing figuring out how to get from the bottom of the huge flight of stairs [...] [...] not forget, of course, that it’s also a train station! However it was a bit confusing figuring out how to get from the bottom of the huge flight of stairs [...]

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