Who’s in charge here? The suburban-based Pediatrics reports that toddlers get hurt in car accidents much more often than infants do: “Only 12 percent of 4-year-olds are in car seats at the time of a crash as compared to 78 percent of infants.”
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No free lunches, part one. The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) requires all mass-transit agencies to provide accessible regular buses and trains as well as comparable “paratransit” service for those whose disabilities keep them off regular “fixed-route” transit. But the bill provides no funding, and according to a recent U.S. General Accounting Office report, “officials at 9 of the 12 transit agencies visited told us that [this] could force them to reduce existing fixed-route service or delay planned service expansion in order to make additional funding available for paratransit service.” In addition, they might also have to consider such options as “(1) restricting paratransit service to those persons who meet the ADA’s criteria [i.e., excluding the elderly], (2) requesting a waiver to delay full compliance with the ADA, and (3) increasing fares for all service.”
Unclear on the concept. From publicity for a California demonstration: “Without a doubt, the crowd will sing our national anthem as well as other patriotic songs, such as ‘we shall overcome,’ Dixie, etc.”
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): illustration/Carl Kock.
