full of shit. Have YOU ever had to hold a kid while traveling across town to do your shopping, errands,& chores? Have you ever brought home all of your groceries or christmas presents on the bus, along with one or two small children and a diaper bag and some of the things that make kids happier and quieter on bus rides, like binkies, bottles, toys, etc.? Have you ever taken care of a kid? Cripes.

The huge-ass two-wheeled cart things that it seems every old lady has with them nowadays are WAY worse than baby carriages. At least the mothers seem to know they're in the way and are apologetic... unlike the entitled assholes with those carts who will actually lift up the handicap seat and use up 4 total seats (the 1 they're sitting on and the 3 they folded up to stow their cart).

with those carts who will actually

So, did you know that in Japan pregnant women and women with small children are considered to be in the same class as the elderly and the handicapped when on public transportation? It is because having your little ones with you is like hauling around 5-30 pound parasites with you. Moms on Tri-met are doing the best they can. Most of them are going across town, not down the block, and those things that are "more crap than they'll ever need" are often necessary for the kids and important for the mom's to have (like groceries, or blankets because it's Portland and it's raining all over the children. I ride Tri-met every day and I can deal with it, no problem. I respect the handicapped, elderly and mothers on public transportation and in real life too.