“In Rome we disabled people are discriminated against”. Alessandro Crescenzi’s public transport odyssey
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The complaint of the former provincial councilor who went to Montecitorio in his electric wheelchair to draw attention to the disservices in the capital: “I have written many times to the Municipality to eliminate architectural barriers, but no one has ever invited me to find a solution”
“I don’t ask for anything anymore. I am very discouraged.” Talking is Alexander Crescenzi, Roman, 65 years old, disabled, who on Tuesday 16 May went aboard his electric wheelchair in front of Montecitorio to denounce, once again, how the capital is not suitable for the disabled. “I live in the Finocchio area and on Monday 15 May I went for a medical visit to the San Filippo Neri hospital with the Atac van for the disabled”, Crescenzi tells us. “On my way back, I decided to take public transport. From Battistini I took the subway towards Termini station, but as soon as I got off, the lift didn’t work. I was told it has been out of service for a couple of years. So I got on the subway thinking of getting off at the Re di Roma station, convinced that it worked there. Nothing.”
Crescenzi does not lose heart and decides to turn around to get to the San Giovanni station of the metro C using only the buses. “After taking the bus from the Battistini stop to Cornelia, then Ottaviano and from there on foot to Piazza Risorgimento – continues Crescenzi – I managed to get to the San Giovanni station of metro C. All this because the junction that connects lines A to C is not accessible to the disabled. I left the San Filippo Neri hospital at 10.30 and got home at 5.30.”
Why didn’t you want to take the Atac van for the disabled to go home? “I wanted to be independent and go home by public transport. Also, the van has to be booked a day or two in advance and I changed my plans last minute on Monday. They take away our rights in this city and we disabled people are discriminated against.” Crescenzi, in the 90s was a member of Green Europe, also elected provincial councilor, and on Tuesday, for an hour and a half, he waited in vain for some parliamentarian to report the situation. Did he contact the municipal administration? ” Not for yesterday’s episode. I have written many times about subway malfunctions, sent many emails and attended meetings, but the mayor never deigned to invite me to find a solution to eliminate architectural barriers.”
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