“but the europeans do it” should never ever be used as a justification for taking a functional transit product, and making it less useful and less accessible.
Europe is NOT a role model for accessible design! if anything they’re a cautionary tale. European transit consistently has some of the worst accessibility i’ve seen from a developed part of the world. Europe routinely favours supposed aesthetic value over functionality and usability. that’s not okay, and anyone saying otherwise is a fucking liar.
i swear to god, if i hear one more person idolizing Europe over this, I will lose my shit. i will right tooth and nail over this. fuck off, and take your inaccessible enshittified piece of shit design with ya.
akana
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