Twin stroller and bus ride, thought November 11 21:17
Two children and luggage. And there is a baby stroller for twins that is around 10 kilometers. There is interest in tweets from people who couldn't get on the bus with this. Can you actually get on? Can't get on? . I have also heard the voices of moms. (Mito Broadcasting Station Reporter Tamaki Takayanagi / Network Press Reporter Momoko Ariyoshi Yoshiyuki)
A topic on Twitter ...
On 4th of this month, a mother who put a twin in a stroller posted on Twitter that the bus driver in Nagoya City refused to ride. The post says "It was decided that the stroller was refused to ride. It was OK", and the mother complained that it was impossible to fold the stroller with two children. There was a response.
If you can't ride without folding
I asked the Nagoya City Transportation Bureau. According to the Transportation Bureau, it was basically allowed to ride a baby stroller without folding it. There were some conditions. It is a large bus that you can ride without folding twin strollers.
In the case of a medium-sized or small bus with a total length of 9 meters or less, it calls for folding, and if it does not collapse, it may not be possible to get on.
It seems that we are confirming the facts, such as whether the driver actually took action as posted on Twitter, and if so, what size bus it was.
10 + 9 × 2
There are two types of twin strollers. "Parallel type" that allows children to sit side by side and "vertical type" that allows children to sit back and forth.
For the parallel type, the width is around 80 cm. For example, in a wheelchair, the width is 60 to 70 cm, so it is slightly larger. And the weight is 9kg to 11kg.
A child aged 1 year on average has a weight of over 9 kg for both men and women, so the stroller (10 kg) + baby (9 kg x 2) = 28 kg. I am carrying this with my luggage. It is difficult for a mother to get on a non-step bus.
Different rules
It was different in each bus company when we interviewed the boarding rules for twin stroller buses. The Tokyo Metropolitan Transportation Bureau, which operates the Toei Bus, wants to fold.
"If you use a baby stroller that blocks the passage inside the car and cannot be turned around, you may not be able to board" (person in charge)
According to the Transportation Bureau, when a twin baby stroller rides, the driver first asks you to “collapse”.
At this point, there are cases in which the user gives up the ride itself, but the driver calls on other passengers for cooperation, and sometimes the rider folds up and rides.
As for the reason for having to fold, he said, “I actually used a twin stroller and experimented. If it was expanded, it would block the passageway and make it impossible for elderly customers to pass through.” The
On the other hand, the Toei Bus has a wheelchair space that can be secured by raising the seat.
When asked, “Can you use this wheelchair space?”, “Passengers understand that it is a space for wheelchair users. There is still no social consensus regarding the use of strollers. It was not. "
And “There are physical problems such as the width of the bus passage, so there is no decisive action, but I would like to examine what kind of response is possible in consultation with other bus companies in the future.” It was.
Conditionally, OK without folding
There are certain bus companies that can ride without folding, although there are certain conditions. The Keio Bus running in Tokyo says, “It ’s possible to ride without dying like a stroller for one person.”
However, if the car is crowded, such as during a rush hour, you may be asked to fold the stroller.
Similarly, Seibu Bus said, “You can ride without tying up. You can ride with other passengers within the common sense.”
I have the same child
What experiences do twins have when they try to get on the bus in a stroller?
A mother who is raising twins of a 3-year-old boy in Nerima-ku, Tokyo, has been told that she has given up on the bus since she was refused the bus twice.
“I felt like he was lightly told,“ Twins? It ’s impossible. ”I was tired of raising my child and I did n’t feel like protesting, and since then I gave up on the bus.
The twins have an 8 year old sister. He was feeling alienated because he had never refused a stroller when he was raising one of his sisters.
“I feel sorry for the same child, but the range I can go out of is narrow.”
Even hospitals cannot choose
One of the twin girls, one year and seven months old, Haruna Akisawa's twin, has chronic illness and needs regular visits.
If you try to get on a bus to go to a hospital that offers advanced pediatric care, you are refused.
“I was refused when no one was riding.”
On that day, Mr. Akizawa walked from the nearest station by walking on a steep slope on a steep slope for about 40 minutes to the hospital.
I couldn't go to the hospital because I couldn't use the bus, so I decided to go to another hospital.
Even if you say “Fold it”
The bus company's website, which was not available, states that you can ride a stroller by tapping it.
Akizawa's stroller is said to be impossible to watch twins with one hand, even if it is folded, it needs support and has lots of luggage.
“I ca n’t go out just because I ’m in a twin baby stroller, just like other kids. When I was little, I wanted to give my kids the chance to go to different places. I ’m sad as a parent. ”
I thought
I interviewed twin strollers and thought about it. Certainly in a bus that's never wide. It may be difficult to always secure space for twin strollers, considering the safety of users, traffic for older people.
However, the mothers interviewed this time were not insisting that they should always be on board.
“I want to go to the hospital, and I have a bus, so I want you to get on.”
“If you get on the bus, you can broaden the scope of your child ’s activities.
It was a desperate complaint, because it was difficult for one person to fold a baby stroller while holding twins. It was an appeal just because I was relying on the bus as a foot to go around the area.
I felt that we had to find a way for more people to use the bus as passengers gave up to each other.