west point wrote: ↑Fri Jul 21, 2023 8:08 pm
My point for ADA is certainly use short platform with ramp. But off the ramp also needs work than takes time. But if regular passengers & ADAs have to wait for any service what benefit is that? At least some can use semi permanent ADA parts then so much the better. ie no service for 2 years or limited service for some + all regular passengers. Station waits for ADA have no excuse for no service for even some ADAs.
I will agree that the entire station should be wheelchair accessible, should not all public buildings be so by now?
Mini-highs are sufficient with RDCs everywhere else, they should be so in Maine as well. As for delays, the tourism type of service they will be used for in Maine has far less schedule pressure than a commuting type train on TRE and DCTA. Where, in fact mini-highs have been used successfully for over a decade if service without scheduling conflicts.
I think you are making way too much fuss with any delays. You do not have to reinvent them, working designs already exist.