Justin,
Sounds like that on certain peak trains what is needed is a specific bike
carriage for which there would be an additional charge for 'non-folding' bike
space. Then disabled person would pay same rate for bike and therefore no
discrimination occurs.

If we are promoting sustainable transport this seems like a "new service"
required on trains for which a charge may be necessary to all customers on peak
lines.
Dorothy


Ryan, Justin  (23/06/2006  08:23):
>Dear All
>
>My company has a ban on carrying bikes coming into London during the peak
times on our trains, unless they are the fold up type which can be stored as
luggage. This is because of the space they take up and the potential hazard
they are on busy trains. They also tend to get stored in the space reserved for
wheelchairs, there by making this space  unavailable for wheelchair users.
>A passenger who has only got one arm, which is replaced by an artificial limb
comes through in the peak with his modified but non the less non fold up bike.
He claims that he has to secure his arm to the handle bars with a special
fixing which is not available to fit on the fold up bikes, there by he cannot
use one of those types of bikes.The opinions I seek are a) would this be
defined  as a disability under the DDA i.e. having an artificial arm and b) if
it is could we be discriminating against him if he really cannot buy a fold up
bike that can  accomodate his arm? Bearing in mind that this is not a mobility
aid as such and that on train service will be covered under DDA from Dec this
year.
>
>Please see below just for info details of the contents  of a seat on the
underground central line which might make you think should you find yourself on
a tube with an empty seat in front of you!
>Mind your seat.
>
>
>"During Autumn of 2000, a team of scientists at the Department of Forensics at
University College London removed a row of passenger seats from a Central Line
tube carriage for analysis into cleanliness.
>
>Despite London Underground's claim that the interior of their trains are
cleaned on a regular basis, the scientists made some alarming discoveries.
>
>"The analysis was broken down. This is what was found on the surface of the
seats:
>
>
>4 types of hair sample (human, mouse, rat, dog)
>7 types of insect (mostly fleas, mostly alive)
>Vomit originating from at least 9 separate people
>Human urine originating from at least 4 separate people
>Human excrement
>Rodent excrement
>Human semen
>
>"When the seats were taken apart, they found:
>The remains of 6 mice
>The remains of 2 large rats
>1 previously unheard of fungus"
>
>Kind Regards
>
>Justin Ryan
>Accessibility and Inclusion  Manager
>London and South Eastern Railway ,
>Floor 3, Friars Bridge Court,
>41-45 Blackfriars Road,
>London, S.E.1 8PG
>
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>M. 07771 827121
>F.  0207 620 5547
>
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