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[Tetracyclone]

New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg has recently made incredibly offensive remarks directed at wheelchair users who want greater access to the city’s yellow taxi fleet.
Bloomberg stated that “it’s too dangerous” for wheelchair users to hail a cab in New York City and that most drivers would “pretend they didn’t see them”. He also said wheelchair users “sit too far from the driver to establish a dialogue” and therefore “they would not tip well”.
It’s time to call out the offensive remarks of Bloomberg by showing your support for a fully-accessible NYC taxi fleet. Sadly, only 231 of the city’s 13,000 taxis are accessible to wheelchair users. The New York Daily News is taking an online poll regarding the desirability of accessible taxis.
Click Here To Take The Survey
United Spinal has advocated for accessible taxis in New York for many years. But this fight reaches far beyond the city’s front lines. If NYC creates an equitable system of accessible public transportation then other cities both small and large will follow.
You need not be a New York resident to take the survey as it affects our entire community. So please let your voice be heard by taking this important survey that only takes a few seconds to complete.

Regards and thanks for your support,
Ziggi Landsman
VP of Online Relations
United Spinal Association
zlandsman@unitedspinal.org

Background reading on this issue:
http://www.spinalcor...b-access-grows/
http://www.spinalcor...our-wheelchair/

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Tetracyclone, on 25 October 2011 - 12:21 AM, said:

New York City's Mayor Michael Bloomberg has recently made incredibly offensive remarks directed at wheelchair users who want greater access to the city's yellow taxi fleet.
Bloomberg stated that "it's too dangerous" for wheelchair users to hail a cab in New York City and that most drivers would "pretend they didn't see them". He also said wheelchair users "sit too far from the driver to establish a dialogue" and therefore "they would not tip well".
It's time to call out the offensive remarks of Bloomberg by showing your support for a fully-accessible NYC taxi fleet. Sadly, only 231 of the city's 13,000 taxis are accessible to wheelchair users. The New York Daily News is taking an online poll regarding the desirability of accessible taxis.
Click Here To Take The Survey
United Spinal has advocated for accessible taxis in New York for many years. But this fight reaches far beyond the city's front lines. If NYC creates an equitable system of accessible public transportation then other cities both small and large will follow.
You need not be a New York resident to take the survey as it affects our entire community. So please let your voice be heard by taking this important survey that only takes a few seconds to complete.

Regards and thanks for your support,
Ziggi Landsman
VP of Online Relations
United Spinal Association
zlandsman@unitedspinal.org

Background reading on this issue:
http://www.spinalcor...b-access-grows/
http://www.spinalcor...our-wheelchair/

For the record Bloomberg's quote was: "A lot of drivers say the passengers sit too far away and so they can't have a good dialogue and they get lower tips."http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2011/10/22/2011-10-22_mikes_bumpy_ride.html

I think its disengenuous to pick and choose parts of a sentence to make it appear as if the mayor conjured up the idea that wheelers wouldn't tip well, when according to full text, it is the cab drivers.

I like his idea to have a phone # to call if you need an accessible cab.