Comments about ‘New TRAX cars help give disabled riders greater independence’

i'm glad they are buying the new trax cars,the old ones was hard for people with strollers,walkers,canes and wheel chairs to get on and off.

Maybe next Salt Lake City will have the snowplow operators keep the ramps to the streets clear of snowpiles so wheelchair bound folk can actually use them in the winter. They pile the snow up on all corners and deliberately make it difficult to get around during the winter. The ramps are put there to get around the problems of curbs but piling snow up and not clearing it is a major ADA problem. Salt Lake really doesn't want handicapped people downtown no matter how often they put out PR fables.

With all due respect and sympathy for the disabled, at what point does "reasonable accommodation" become something that costs more than can be justified by the benefits?

Can we really afford to throw $10 million into the design, plus another $3.5 million per car (compared to the cost of a non-ADA compliant car?) in order to make it easier for these fine people ot get around?

Does Washington have the money to pay half the cost for these cars?

Spending at the federal, state and local level has passed the "unsustainable" point and every expenditure needs to be reevaluated to see if it makes economic sense when there is no more money.

At this sort of cost it may be cheaper to just buy a fleet of Rolls Royces and chauffeurs and put them on call 24/7 for the handicapped.

There is no more money. Get used to it, and not just the handicapped will suffer from our wasteful spending.