Design Of New York Taxis Ruined Golden Wedding Anniversary Gift

As a resident in the UK and someone who lived in London for many years, I can confirm that London taxis can all carry a wheelchair, and that the drivers are happy to help anyone who has to use a wheelchair. This is, as the website points out, in direct contrast to New York where cabs that can transport a wheelchair are rarer than hens’ teeth.

My elder sister and her husband visited New York last year. The trip was a golden wedding anniversary gift from their kids to celebrate 50 years of marriage and the holiday should have been an enjoyable experience, but my brother in law has to use a wheelchair to get about and the couple spent a frustrating week mostly confined to their hotel.

The hotel staff were sympathetic and not a little embarrassed at the shortcomings of their city’s taxi services, and eventually a taxi was found that could cope with the wheelchair, but by then most of the holiday was over and what should have been an inspired gift for a golden wedding turned out to be more like a spell in prison, albeit in a very comfortable cell.