There may be an intersection between, on one hand, a ‘just passing through the neigbourhood’, non-polluting, sleep refuge for a handful of homeless people. On the other hand it may be a ‘glory of compassion’ mobile religious billboard. And on the third hand, an uncompromising vehicle safety bureaucracy.
If there’s a future for merging such an unlikely combo of special interests, the State of Rhode Island hasn’t managed to discover it yet. And that’s with considerable financial and moral assistance from the State of Florida, which has actually achieved liftoff for the concept and christened the combo a ‘dignity’ bus.
Is this a useful, viable form of ‘dignity’ for your city? Even if the idea doesn’t capture your imagination, it might well be worth a read of some of the trials and tribulations that have so far prevented this particular success story from reaching up-continent to the American northeast.
Read more at 10WJAR: Rhode Island’s plan for dignity bus gets brakes after deal falls through
For more on the success of Florida’s homeless sleeping dignification, try here.
