----- Original Message ----- From: "Marty Rimpau" <mrimpau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "acb friends list" <friends@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 5:57 PM Subject: safety for all > Hello list, I just received a message stating that President Gray had > been in a transit accident of some sort, and didn't hear about it until > today, and hope that he is o k. The message didn't mention which > transit system it was, but here is the message that mentions the > accident, but that's all I have right now. > Hello all -- > > I was indeed saddened to learn about our President's, Chris Gray, > unfortunate accident, where he fell off the platform between the cars. > > Take this incident, along with having persons who are blind/visually > impaired and/or persons not paying attention and/or rushing, and we are > observing accidents waiting to happen in the future -- and this can > easily > be prevented!!!. > > Perhaps part of our "safety request" i.e. truncated domes on platform > edges, > should be the safety interface that is placed so that you can't/won't > fall > down, or accidentally walk into the open place between the cars. I > observed > this being installed on the trains in Los Angeles - and it can really > help > prevent an accident!!! > > As a member of the CAT (Committee on Access and Transportation of the > California Council of the Blind and a member of the Environmental > Access > Committee of ACB, I am going to propose a resolution regarding this, > and > also request that this be considered for your Transportation Position > Paper. > > I also think that we should request that all bikes, skateboards, > scooters, > Segways (and all items similar to this personal mobility device)be > banned > from being used on transit malls and platforms and their surrounding > supportive environment. > > Barbara Rhodes > Barbara Rhodes > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "journeyhome" <journeyhome@xxxxxx> > To: <acb-l@xxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 10:43 PM > Subject: Re: Visually impaired man struck by SkyTrain > > > Hello Katrina: > I don't know how long it will take or how many more sighted or > blind > people have to fall off the platform before approving tactile borders > on > platform edges will be installed in all subway stations. Sure, there > may be > a fight to get tactile borders installed, but the process of approval > to > have it done is going much too slow. To me, there should not be > approval to > install tactile borders. It should be done outright regardless of > whether > or not there's been an approval or not. To me, this is compared to > nurses > and doctors waiting for an approval to give a patient antibiotics for > their > illness even though it's well known that the patient will get better if > given the antibiotics. > I don't know much about the tactile strips the article is talking > about > having installed--how wide or how high up from the platform's surface > the > tactile strip is--but i think that a low fence that stands three feet > high > with a turnstile or gate that opens and closes at the spot the train > pulls > up to should be installed instead. This would guarantee that the > person > using a cane or a dog would not miss the tactile strip. Of course, > this > kind of a fencing is not only beneficial to blind people, but also to > other > people iwth disabilities and sighted or not disabled. > Linda. > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: friends-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: friends-help@xxxxxxxxxxxx > >