Re: O/T Buses For SYD Olympics

[dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

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Mathew Klock (klocm@stbedes.melb.catholic.edu.au) wrote:
> Sorry about the O/T Question, but i heard that they might be sending
> melbourne "low floor" buses up to SYD for the Olympics. Is this true?

There are some Melbourne and Brisbane buses going to Sydney (and about 10
to Canberra to assist with soccer matches), but not sure which ones.

There has been some criticism over an exemption given to SOCOG by the
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission about the number of
wheelchair accessible buses required.

Cheers
David