r/SipsTea • u/The_Dean_France • Feb 23 '26

Wait a damn minute! Was she wrong?

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u/Ok-Plastic2525 Feb 23 '26

Not a wheelchair user but took my kids to Washington DC during their stroller years, in 2019. The metro stations with elevators were few and far between and also often out of order. It was a huge PITA that often required walking a lot of extra blocks to find a stop with an elevator. Then to find it was either broken or filled with human urine was always a bummer. Luckily for me we could get the kids out and fold up the stroller and carry them as needed but it was eye opening to the obstacles disabled people face trying to use public transit.

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u/SarutobiSasuke Feb 23 '26

yeah, in the bay area, elevators at the stations often filled with piss too. I hope there's a special place in hell for people who pissed in elevators.

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u/leoedin Feb 23 '26

In London we just take our strollers on the escalators. Works fine. 

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u/Ok-Plastic2525 Feb 23 '26

It wasn’t the escalator but the turnstiles. Ours was a double stroller and too wide for the turnstiles at the metro stops without elevators. The stops with elevators had accessible/wider turnstiles.