If bicycles are banned from commuter trains, why aren't pushchairs?
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Does this impact on you?
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I would imagine it does or he wouldn't have felt irritated by it enough to post a thread
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Nope, I just like to raise obscure questions about how society operates to see what people's views on them are.
All well thought out, rational and easily justifiable reasons, as I expected there would be. Thanks guys.
Are you really that obtuse you need that spelling out?
Quite a few public transport companies and services allowed bikes on, but usually off peak or non busy times.
It's a good idea, as bikes take up large amounts of space and block carriages, pushchairs not so much, besides the point pushchair is a necessity in many cases, much like a wheelchair, if you don't understand the need of a pushchair, then you've probably haven't got kids or ever experienced looking after kids.
It's a good idea, as bikes take up large amounts of space and block carriages, pushchairs not so much, besides the point pushchair is a necessity in many cases, much like a wheelchair, if you don't understand the need of a pushchair, then you've probably haven't got kids or ever experienced looking after kids.
Does having kids remove your ability to chose when you travel?
I'm talking about commuter trains only, the ones where non folding bikes are banned. Not all trains, that would just be silly.
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Why can't you just cycle where you are going? Go clog the roads up and not the trains.
I'd argue a bike takes up less space as you can pprobably stack three or four bikes in the same space as one of those huge modern prams.
If you're talking 70's style fold up push chairs then that's a different story.
I'd also argue that bikes are more nessesary for commuting, and allowing them on trains at peak time would make a lot of people's commutes easier and cheaper,and would free up the roads a bit during rush hour.
As I mentioned above, why can't they use the train off peak?
It's an interesting and possibly controversial idea, but there is some merit to it.
They might be going somewhere like a hospital appointment for their kid, which might be at 9pm making them travel at 8am during rush hour.
A bike is not a necessity, you can hop on the train to travel a long distance then jump on a local bus or walk to your destination if the train doesn't stop exactly where you want it.
People with pushchairs could be working as well - our nanny brings her baby along every day when she looks after our children. Also a lot of mums put babies/toddlers into nursery before going to work.
