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What about people with disabilities.

• ericmay 3y ago
  Exceptions are a thing. Also how do people with disabilities live in other countries and move around? These are easy scenarios to address. We also shouldn't force everybody to drive a car everywhere they need to go just because some tiny percentage of people may need a car to drive around. Frankly, we'd probably have fewer disabled people in the first place if they had to move around more.
• robin_reala 3y ago
  Put an exemption in place: see https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/congestion-charge/discounts-and-exemptions https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/congestion-charge/discounts...
  • jmclnx 3y ago
    I do not know about London (UK), but there is a lot of corruption here in the US with handicap plates. So I can see a lot of people (like politicians and maybe police/fire) families getting this special exemption.
• giraffe_lady 3y ago
  What about them? Many of them can't drive, how are you working to address the inequalities caused by that? Because of regressive asset cap laws many of them can't own a personal vehicle that suits their needs without losing access to their critical health care. Disabled people have lots of current issues with the current system. It's possible you're already working to address those but if not this doesn't seem like an honest concern.
• occz 3y ago
  People with disabilities thrive in areas with reduced car traffic. Many people with disabilities are unable to drive and as such benefit from prioritized public transportation, and many small electric vehicles that are appropriate for people with disabilities can use bicycle infrastructure. This covers the vast majority of the needs of people with disabilities - the small remainder can be granted exceptions. No yank-tanks are required to accommodate people with disabilities - quite the opposite, car-oriented infrastructure limits their agency in society.