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Barked: Sun Nov 18, '07 10:30am PST 
It would be great to pioneer a dog carriage program... but I also think it might be best to first only target areas where dogs are already allowed. In other words, we use current accessibility as a foundation for building a mobility chain. This way we get huge added value when we have a success, the best practice examples are immediately available and proximate, sympathetic politicians can say "Hey your neighbor is doing it!", etc. Then later we can do pioneering activities...

This means:

* MetroNorth PLUS MTA (a subway line from Brooklyn to Grand Central which also serves Central Park)

* TTC in Toronto and more suburban services which connect to it (right now about three allow it, two don't)

* TransLink Ferries PLUS TransLink bus, trams, etc. in Vancouver (the core system does not allow dogs, just the ferries...)

* MUNI in SF PLUS BART and/or AC Transit (East Bay) and/or Golden Gate Transit (Marin County). I am also talking to dog-friendly employers in Marin (Autodesk) and Berkeley (Clif Bar)

* MBTA in Boston allows dogs and they operate all the transport in the immediate area of Boston, so I will look and find some service which goes further out (e.g. to Cape Cod) or maybe this can be part of dogs on Amtrak sleepers which would go from Boston/NYC to Florida...

BUT please let me know if you want to start something new!
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Maruš- ka

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Barked: Sun Nov 18, '07 10:34am PST 
Chicago! Chicago! That would be another great place to do this. CTA (urban transit) allows little dogs in carriers but Metra (commuter rail) does not. Metra has already said NO so we need to turn on the charm offensive....
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