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Originally Posted by para transit fellow
oh i have heard that argument before.
" we didn't have the money to design/modify an level-access /accessible building so we are going with the stairs... (Calgary Police Service rational for lack of wheelchair access for their Victoria park)
"...We have Calgary Transit Access so we don't need to make the LRT accessible." (CTA costed Calgary taxpayers $57 per passenger trip in 2022 $45 million Budget)
But the demo graphic fact is the Boomers are aging. With age will come a certain incidence of disability. The simple percentage game is that we will have more citizens with a mobility impairment. Every North American city is going to have to provide MORE and MORE accessible transportation in the coming decades.
and accessibility is cheapest when you design it into the project right at the start. retrofits and work-arounds always cost more.
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Saying that it passes a cost-benefit analysis is an entirely different argument than calling it a non-starter.