[nabs-l] re nfb chapter

[bookwormahb at earthlink.net]

Hi,
I agree Marsha; what matters more is not the amount of blind people, but how 
many people use the transit system?
The more demand there is, the more riders they have, the likely the better 
service is because customers demand it and the company makes money off 
ridership; so less demand for service, less service, and bus lines cut; less 
money and less staff; more riders means more money and hopefully more 
overall good service and staff for customer service; I also heard good 
things about the boston transit system and new york transit.

Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Marsha Drenth
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 6:04 PM
To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] re nfb chapter

Josh,

Yes, Baltimore has a paratransit. It is just like other paratransit systems,
it has its good and bad points. But just because the NFB HQ and BISM are
located in Baltimore does not mean that it has this great, awesome,
wonderful, incredible transportation system. NFB promotes for independence,
not necessarily for the bestest and greatest transportation systems. Now
with that said there are people in Baltimore who are NFB members who work
hard to make sure that the Baltimore fixed buses and paratransit make the
best decisions. They clearly do all they can, but a huge transportation
system only has the money it does, the people it has working for them, and
the resources it has.

What would it matter if a particular city has a big blind community? Because
certainly some of those people are going to be on one side of the fence, and
the others on a different side. They are all going to want different things,
especially if those blind people have differing views on what independence
is. And further more, some of those blind people are going to have special
needs and require specific transportation needs. So I really don't think its
going to matter where you live, or how many blind people there are.

Yes Baltimore has a better transportation system than say Dallas Texas, I
only know this because I grew up and lived there for 30 years. But Philly
has a better transportation system than Baltimore. Denver has a great
transportation system, New York, and even Boston has a great system.


More pieces of food for the thoughts,
Marsha Drenth




-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Josh Kennedy
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 5:33 PM
To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nabs-l] re nfb chapter

Oh I would have thought since the nfb is located in Baltimore that they
would have had a good transportation system. Doesn't Baltimore also have
paratransit? I also knowing that bism is there thought they would have a
good transportation system as well. I wonder what city in the United
States has the most blind people living in it?


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