[nabs-l] transportation in your area

Sat May 23 02:21:22 UTC 2009

Alena,
That's nice.  I gather that from chats that most blind people are happy with 
the transit system around here.

Metro bus is in major well lived in communities.  Some local communities 
have buses too such as Fairfax cue bus
and Alexandria Dash.
Often buses run 2 or 3 times an hour during rush hour and 1 or 2 times in 
non rush hour.  So transit is pretty decent here.  Unfortunately my family 
has never lived on a bus line limiting my transit experience.  I was 
fortunate to get more of that experience while attending Marymount.

Ashley

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "alena roberts" <alena.roberts2282 at gmail.com>
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> Ashley,
>
> Thanks for coming up with the new topic. In my city, public transit is
> decent. the buses go pretty much everywhere in town and the drivers
> are very nice. One of the great things about our buses is that they
> have an automated system that actually tells you every stop, not just
> the major ones. This makes my riding experience so much better because
> I know when to pull the cord for my stop. My one complaint is that
> because Corvallis is small, and my ruite is so large, my bus only
> comes once an hour. Other than that I am pretty happy with the bus
> system here. I look forward to hearing more people's experiences.
>
> Alena
>
> On 5/22/09, Ashley  Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> Let's have a more productive topic than rehashing ACB/NFB frictions. 
>> I've
>> got one.
>>
>> How is the transportation in your area?  Say where you go to school as 
>> that
>> makes a difference.  If you're in a metropolitian area its probably 
>> decent.
>> How about near your home?  If you have transportation, is it adaquate? 
>> Are
>> bus drivers accomodating by calling out bus stops upon request?  Are they
>> helpful in giving directions to find seats if you want it?
>>
>> For me, its pretty decent at school.  I'm near DC, in northern va.  When 
>> I
>> attended the large state school George Mason University, GMU was great. 
>> The
>> CUE bus came to GMU and went around the city and to the Vienna metro. 
>> Metro
>> Buses were just across the street from the college.
>> At Marymount in Arlington, the school shuttle bus went to Ballston metro.
>> That's our subway.  From there you could take the metro, get 
>> Art(arlington)
>> buses, many metro buses, or walk to many shops and restaurants.  Ruby
>> Tuesday, IHOP, a pizza place, and Chevy's were just a few accessible.
>> At home there are not sidewalks and metro buses are not accessible to us.
>> So I have not done much public transit travel.  I did some on mobility 
>> and
>> when I lived at MU since I had access to them.
>>
>> In my limited experience, metro is good.  Other customers are friendly 
>> and
>> happily answer my questions as to what line to go on as there is no
>> accessible way to know you're in front of an orange or blue train; they
>> share the same track.  Drivers announce stops on buses although many now
>> have talking systems announcing major stops automatically.
>> On a crowded bus or subway as I'm departing its helpful that most of the
>> riders move out of the way so I can have a clear path and exit before the
>> door closes.  Especially on metro rail, subway, you have a limited time 
>> to
>> exit until the door shuts and you miss your stop.
>> On metro rail drivers announce stops, but if I can't hear them due to low
>> voice or something, I count stops or ask fellow passengers.
>>
>> Metro service is better during the day time as with all public transit
>> services.  On weekends its infrequent.  Some lines do not run and others
>> only run a bus once an hour.
>>
>> So those are my thoughts.
>> Ashley
>>
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