[nabs-l] transportation in your area

Sat May 23 02:51:03 UTC 2009

Hi Peter,
Well, I could suggest it.  Virginia is big and it would be complex to add 
everything to the website.  I guess different representatives from different 
regions of the state would have to submit info about their area.  In 
northern VA we have metro bus as well as several
local buses riding around the city.  That's five little bus lines and that 
just covers part of northern VA.  Major cities have transportation.  However 
ruraral areas and less dense areas have inadaquate or no transportation. 
For instance Loudoun county  has few options and Winchester last I checked 
had no bus system.
So it just depends on where you live.  While its a good idea to put public 
transit contact info on the website its hard to be inclusive about all the 
state.  Also there are many ways such as calls, internet searches and 
talking to friends to obtain information about your local transportation 
options.
I'll suggest it though and see if we come up with a way to put down major 
bus systems.

When your website is up with this info, let us know the link since I'm 
curious to know what you included on the site.
Ashley
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] transportation in your area

> Hello Ashley and listers,
>
>    And add such information to your affiliate and division Web sites. Stay
> tuned to the launch of the NFB of Texas San Antonio Chapter Web Site for 
> an
> example of what can be done where available area transportation exists.
> There are transportation resources in San Antonio that most of our members
> were totally unaware of. I'm a strong advocate for including such
> information on affiliate and division Web sites and strongly urge you to 
> do
> it.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 3:21 PM
> Subject: [nabs-l] transportation in your area
>
>
> 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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