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@Ms. D: I'm so sorry that happened to you! I would be furious if I'd been prevented from making a transfer by someone else's carelessness.

To clarify my position, I agree that double-wide strollers are a terrible, terrible choice for transit. I don't know anyone who owns one, and my circle of acquaintance includes several parents of twins and young children who are close in age. They all use the in-line type of stroller. I could also count the number of times I've actually seen one on the Metro on a single hand, so you may have more extensive experience of this situation than I do.

As I said, if I see someone using a double-wide on the Metro, I try to give them the benefit of the doubt by assuming that they didn't have any better options (or that they didn't know any better, which may frequently be the case with tourists).

It looks like we'll need to agree to disagree on the question of requiring umbrella strollers on Metrobus to be folded at all times. One option could be to allow unfolded strollers, but clearly state that drivers can require passengers to fold them if the bus gets too crowded.

In the interest of not threadjacking, I'm making this my last comment on this particular subtopic. I've very much appreciated your and other commentators' thoughts on these issues. There may be no easy solution.

by Megan on Jun 28, 2012 8:06 am • link • report