[Prometheus The Supremo]

You can lock it up using the wheelchair locking device, but I have been scolded in the past for doing this.

it's hard enough for a wheelchair to get on a bus, what with the people who refuse to give up the fold away front seats to allow a wheelchair (even when repeatedly asked by drivers) plus the people who crowd on the bus ahead of you and fill the bus even when you were the first person at the stop. add a person in wheelchair using the spot on one of the buses that come by, packed buses arriving at the stop and all of a sudden, a bus stop which has a bus frequency of 5 minutes for regular walkin' folk turns into a bus stop with a frequency 30 minutes for someone in a wheelchair when you factor in, well, all the factors i mentioned above. using the wheelchair spot for a bike will only add to the hardships those in wheelchairs have to go through just to get around.

 

[RedRocket191]

Couldn't agree more. The accessible spot shouldn't be a multi-use spot - it should be for what it was designed for.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Check out this PDF on BICYCLE INITIATIVES AT THE TTC.

Bicycle accommodation on light rail vehicles.

 

[kettal]

That's awesome. You could probably even fit a third bike in there if they were staggered.

 

[smuncky]

i don't think you could because of the handle bars.

 

[wyliepoon]

Those LRT racks look good, but how much effort does it take to hoist a bike onto the rack?

If that can be done for LRT, why can't it be done for subway cars? An area in each subway car with no seating, dedicated to wheelchairs/strollers/bikes, or even a car on each train with a bike-friendly setup would be nice.

 

[kettal]

because this would be even better in subway cars