[blindLaw] Commuting from Outside the City

Sun Feb 9 15:22:10 UTC 2020

What Laura said. I frequently feel unsafe or at least uncomfortable 
during my commute, which is on the Baltimore subway system (really just 
one line). But it gets me practically to my building, and my wife is 
able to drop me off at the station, just a two-minute drive or 15-minute 
walk from my place, in the morning. I'm very hesitant to recommend 
relying on paratransit given its notorious unreliability. Alternatively, 
you may have to tolerate a certain, hopefully not too high, level of 
danger. Given where I work, I can't get too worried, unless people start 
being victimized in broad daylight. In other words, if you can live 
somewhere near a bus line where you wouldn't dare go out by yourself 
after dark but you're fine during normal business hours, that might be a 
trade-off worth considering. It is very unfortunate that we have to make 
these kinds of trade-offs, while sighted professionals simply drive and 
complain about traffic. But I don't see a way around it at this point.

On 2/9/2020 7:55 AM, Laura Wolk via BlindLaw wrote:
> I also take ride shares every day. And I get a lot of grief for this sometimes from other blind people because I both live and work in DC. But the fact of the matter is that I can drive to work in eight minutes and the walk plus metro ride is somewhere closer to 25 to 30. And there’s a whole lot more that I’d like to do with those 40 minutes every day then be stuck in the metro and subject to the added stress of people grabbing and pulling and pushing me around. I don’t make a lot of money either, and I definitely hear you on the budgeting aspect. But it all depends on what is more important to you.
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>> On Feb 9, 2020, at 7:12 AM, Kelby Carlson via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Given the salary I'll be making and the expense of ridesharing (even at short distances Uber can often cost $6-8) using a service like to get to and from work isn't feasible at all. The place I'll be has paratransit services, so I'll have to see if those are reliable enough to use consistently or not.
>>
>>> On Feb 8, 2020, at 11:35 PM, Deepa Goraya via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>> I would recommend either using rideshare services like Uber and Lyft or hiring a driver. I hired a driver when I used to intern in downtown Los Angeles and had to commute by driving and  there were no rideshare services  back then.
>>>
>>> Deepinder K. Goraya, ESQ.
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>>>>> On Feb 8, 2020, at 10:14 PM, Angie Matney via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> I personally use rideshares every day. I live close to a metro station, but for various reasons (including that I like to bill while I am commuting) this works best for me.
>>>>
>>>> In some areas there are driving services. You might check into the feasibility of hiring a service like this for one or both directions of your commute.
>>>>
>>>> I used to live where I could walk to work, and I do miss that. Hoefully you'll find a solution that works for you.
>>>>
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>>>>>> On Feb 8, 2020, at 10:16 AM, James Fetter via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>> Unfortunately, until automated cars are a reality and not perpetually "five years away," there are no alternatives aside, of course, from having a partner who drives. You may just have to tolerate a long commute or put your safety at risk. From my perspective, the former is much preferable to the latter. Depending on salary and whether the employer reimburses for transportation under any circumstances, taking an Uber either all the way in or at least to a bus stop is an option. What city are you moving to?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2/6/2020 8:53 PM, Kelby Carlson via BlindLaw wrote:
>>>>>> All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is not a specifically law-related question, but a question about commuting to a legal job. At the moment we are living in a small town where I can walk to work, but soon I will be working in a larger city. We were hoping to find housing in an area where I could either walk or take a short bus ride, but the areas where that is possible are not safe. Unfortunately farther out it is very difficult to find anything that connects to a bus line and provides for a reasonable commute time. Are there other alternatives people have found in situations like these? Buses are by and large the only option—there is paratransit, but its timing is likely not reliable enough that commuting exclusively with it would work.
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