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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>HI, Walter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks for your response. I agree this is a legitimate issue to discuss, but I also think it could be a teachable moment for some of us in the Federation who haven’t had a lot of O & M or just aren’t as “anal” as I am about route planning.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>All the locations we’ve talked about are totally accessible to people using regular, fixed-route Metro, but how do you plan a route where information about locating bus stops is so limited? It’s gotten a lot easier with Google transit, but that doesn’t change the fact that we live in a city (like Rome) that was built on seven hills, according to legend. The area in question has also seen a huge amount of development / revitalization in the past few years. With that comes complex intersections, streets that don’t run entirely parallel / perpendicular and all the other fun stuff that goes with life in such a city.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I don’t think we need to research any kind of permanent fix, as I think it’s our responsibility to plan our own way home—obviously. I also would like to thank you for sharing your Uber coupon code with us and mention that I’ll likely have another way home that won’t involve Metro. All I was asking is that it appeared there was an irregularity with the closest intersection with a Metro stop that anyone not using ACCESS should be aware of in order to cross it safely. If Dave or anyone else more familiar with travel on Madison Road could give us more details about the area, this would be great.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks, and all the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Chris<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Cinci-nfb [mailto:cinci-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Walter Mitchell via Cinci-nfb<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 30, 2015 9:07 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Ohio Cincinnati Chapter List'<br><b>Cc:</b> Walter Mitchell<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Cinci-nfb] Point that occurred to me about Dinner and a Movie Night on August 8<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I feel that Chris has a legitimate concern. In the event that anyone need a ride home, for the first time users of UBER, I have a code that they can use to get a free ride, or a 20 dollar ride. I know that it is not a permanent fix, but it will allow the first time users of UBER to get home for free.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>It seems that this issue will continue to rise up in the future, so we will need to research a permanent fix, but this will not be a easy issue to resolve.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>With Deborah’s permission, I feel that the recreation committee should discuss avenues to resolve this problem. I am very interested in participating in such discussions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Much Love,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Walter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Cinci-nfb [<a href="mailto:cinci-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:cinci-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Christopher Sabine, ONH Consulting via Cinci-nfb<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 28, 2015 6:06 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Ohio Cincinnati Chapter List<br><b>Cc:</b> Christopher Sabine, ONH Consulting<br><b>Subject:</b> [Cinci-nfb] Point that occurred to me about Dinner and a Movie Night on August 8<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi folks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have a question that’s been nagging me about Dinner and a Movie on August 8. Since we’ll be watching a movie at one location, having volunteers drive us to a restaurant at another location, eating and going back home from the restaurant, I think we need to look at how people are coordinating their transportation going to the Theater and coming back home from the restaurant. Basically, what we’re planning involves traveling from Point A to Point B to Point C and back to point A on our own.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m wondering if this is a lot to coordinate, especially with so many people taking ACCESS, as we’re counting on volunteers to drive us from the theater to the restaurant, eating and arranging transportation home from the restaurant--with that pesky 30 minute ACCESS pick up window involved.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m prepared to vote for having the dinner at the Oakley Pub and Grill as they take reservations and their menu is inexpensive. However, I was doing research on the transportation options in the area (as I like to do). If anybody is planning on taking the regular fixed route home and we decide to go with Oakley Pub and Grill for dinner, the closest intersection with a bus stop looks like it could be a complex intersection involving two different side streets crossing Madison Road. The side streets in question are Markbreit (the street that runs perpendicular to Isabella where the restaurant is), Madison Road and another street that crosses Madison at a T-intersection opposite from where Isabella is. This isn’t a deal breaker as I think it’s something any competent blind traveler needs to be considering when planning transportation, but the travel options for Arthurs look a little more straightforward than for Oakley Pub and Grill.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If Deborah or anyone else more familiar with travel in Oakley / Hyde Park can chime in on this, that would be awesome. Dave: this also might be something you could clue us in on when you visit both restaurants.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All the Best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chris.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>