by doepack
MikeF wrote:The old Highliners are ADA-compliant (sufficiently compliant, at least). The case in which an ADA-compliant car would need to be borrowed is if regular push-pull bilevels were borrowed from Metra's diesel lines, since the most "available" ones (the ex-C&NW Pullmans and the early stainless cars) are not wheelchair-accessible. As Metra's ridership is itself booming too, I'm not so sure they would be willing or able to give up any ADA carsAh, ok then. I guess it'll come down to whether South Shore is willing to acquire a set of old Highliners, which would seem to be the most feasible option, or if they'll just be content to limp along until the new cars arrive, that is, assuming funding can be secured for such, which is always a dicey proposition at best. But with the current capacity crunch, maintaning the status quo for long wouldn't be a good idea...
--Dorian--