[nabs-l] transportation in your area

[sarah.jevnikar at utoronto.ca]

Hi all,
I've been lucky to have always lived in cities where the transit is at  
least decent, if not pretty good. My hometown is a medium-sized city  
with a single-hub bus system. Schedules vary, but buses come anywhere  
from every 15 minutes to every hour. Sometimes schedules change for  
evenings and weekends, and buses come more frequently during the  
winter than they do the summer. I live in a well-serviced area (ther's  
a bus stop right outside my house) so I"m lucky. I use it often.

Where I go to school is even better. In addition to buses, there are  
subways and cable cars (like the ones in San Francisco). I'm knew to  
the city so I"m still figuring it all out. Trains and buses also go  
from the main city into the suburbs. It's a city meant for commuters  
(hundreds of thousands take public transit daily) so it's pretty  
accessible.

I would encourage anyone who is able to use public transit as much as  
possible. It increases your independence, and your self-confidence  
once you've mastered it.

Sarah



Quoting Ashley  Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>:

> 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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