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<DIV><FONT size=3>Man do I wish that I had known that when working, either
caught or missed an erlier bus. had to either lose 15 minutes pay or sit
around for 45 minutes waiting for the next. Maybe if I had gotten the
right people I could have gotten the schedule changed very
slightly?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Joe </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, June 19, 2011 11:55
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Ct-nfb]
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<DIV>I had an interesting conversation with a politician in my home
town. His job is in my town and not at the state level. I was
telling him about the situation with using the 2 transit systems and he told
me to call my town hall. He said to find out which politician covers my
part of the town and talk to that person. He told me that in Stratford
there are 2 people that are kinda like delegates that will work with
individuals with issues with the transit system. He also said the
politician in my area should help me too. The more people standing with
you will help convince the bus service to do things to help their paying
customers.</DIV>
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<DIV>I wish I knew this when I started my job and felt I didn't have a chance
of working this out. It took a lot of calling and talking with both
transit services to get them both to give a little to accomplish getting
there.</DIV>
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<DIV>Bridgeport only goes to K Mart in Milford and My Ride supposely
only goes to the Shopping Mall on the post road. Well they finally
agreed to both go to Milford Hospital and that is where I make the
connection.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 size=2 face=Arial PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Joyce
Kane<BR><A
href="http://www.krafterskorner.org/">www.KraftersKorner.org</A><BR>Blindhands@AOL.com
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<DIV>In a message dated 6/19/2011 10:37:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
SALISBURYJ08@students.ecu.edu writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>To
Trudy, et. al,<BR><BR> If you want to make a change in your
local public transportation system, I seriously encourage you to get people
together in your area who use the system (or will use it if it
improves). If you can come up with simple solutions to the issues at
hand, especially ones that incur zero or minor costs, you may find that your
local systems are very receptive to the ideas. It's important for them
to hear from people who will actually be their customers. For example,
if Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the NFB, were to call a public transit
system in a Connecticut town, the first thing that they're going to wonder
is if he's ever going to use it. If they have no proof that doing what
he says is going to benefit them, they may not do it. If they have ten
people who live locally and want to use their transit system standing in
front of them with a complaint, they might really think about making the
change. I'd be more than happy to help brainstorm specific solutions
with you, but I live up in the northeast corner and can't claim to be a
potential customer.<BR><BR>Advocacy is one of the things that the NFB is all
about!<BR><BR>Good luck!<BR><BR>Justin<BR><BR>Justin M.
Salisbury<BR>Undergraduate Student<BR>The University Honors Program<BR>East
Carolina University<BR>salisburyj08@students.ecu.edu<BR><BR>“Never doubt
that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world;
indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” —MARGARET
MEAD<BR><BR><BR>________________________________________<BR>From:
ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org [ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org] on behalf of Trudy
Swenson [trudyswenson@charter.net]<BR>Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 8:45
AM<BR>To: 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'<BR>Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb]
TRANSPORTATION<BR><BR>I’ve been following this thread closely. Over the
years, my family has experienced many difficulties and frustrations with the
dismal state of public transportation in our area. I empathize with
all of you regarding lousy and inadequate scheduling, delayed and canceled
rides, and the often shoddy conditions found in the transit system. I
have a question for all participants on this listserv: why is there so much
focus and enthusiasm on the effort to put blind people behind the wheel of a
car and absolutely none on improving public transportation?<BR><BR>Driving a
car despite blindness seems a very attractive goal. We all want the freedom
and independence to go where we want to go when we want to go there.
Nevertheless it will be years before a method is perfected. Huge dollar
amounts will be expended for research and fabrication and
manufacturing. This doesn’t take into account a massive educational
campaign to gain acceptance in the public arena. If and when a blind
person is put behind the wheel of a fast moving car in highway traffic that
vehicle will surely be beyond the financial reach of most people I know,
blind or sighted.<BR><BR>On the other hand public transportation, however
lousy it is, exists to some degree almost everywhere. There are many simple
things that could be done to make it better. As a group that depends on this
mode of getting around, we have a collective voice. Energy devoted to
this issue might very well effectively improve our lives now.<BR><BR>Thank
you for letting me air my opinion. I look forward to your
comments.<BR><BR>Trudy<BR><BR>From: ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org
[mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Richard McGaffin<BR>Sent:
Saturday, June 18, 2011 7:08 AM<BR>To: NFB of Connecticut Mailing
List<BR>Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] TRANSPORTATION<BR><BR>Good morning
folks:<BR><BR>about the transit thing I refuse to use it, I will walk take a
city bus, or bug my family for rides if I have too, the para transit sucks
to put it bluntly they're never on time and when I did use it. It made me
late for work.<BR><BR><BR>--- On Fri, 6/17/11, Suzanne Westhaver
<swesthaver@comcast.net<mailto:swesthaver@comcast.net>>
wrote:<BR><BR>From: Suzanne Westhaver
<swesthaver@comcast.net<mailto:swesthaver@comcast.net>><BR>Subject:
Re: [Ct-nfb] TRANSPORTATION<BR>To: "NFB of Connecticut Mailing List"
<ct-nfb@nfbnet.org<mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org>><BR>Date: Friday,
June 17, 2011, 10:41 PM<BR> Hi, Joyce. I think working the two
transits to coordinate is trickier too. I have used the Waterbury/New
Haven connection to connect in New Haven on rare occasions when I need
to get to a law office in New Haven and have had good luck, but New Haven si
a very busy transit system.<BR><BR>Nice thing about Waterbury is they run
later now. You can get a ride up until 9 p.m. which it used to be 5
p.m. was the latest. Now they are talking about extending service
until 11 p.m. which is verynice for people that ork later or 2nd shift or
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