[nagdu] going on a bus

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our buses have the first few seats on the side of the bus and you face the opposite side. then the sits face the front but the isle is not that wide as it is when you first come on the bus. on the para transit bus the seats all face the frontof the bus so you dog can go under. I have rode buses in other states and they are much roomer . they just put some new buses on some of the routes and I haven't been on those yet. 
Marilyn and Anna
----- Original Message -----
From: Steven Johnson 
Date: Saturday, November 12, 2011 9:40 am
Subject: Re: [nagdu] going on a bus
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 

> Marilyn, 
> Why do you say there is more room in the front of the bus? Most 
> certainlyit may depend on the buses, but my experience, and this 
> is based on the fact
> that I use the bus multiple times a day, is that there is more 
> and more
> appropriate seating for us with our guides in the middle of the 
> bus where
> one can essential slide the dog under the seat to where they are 
> not in
> jeopardy of being stepped on. Just curious about your 
> experience with this.
> 
> Thanks,
> Steve
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf
> Of marilyn
> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 7:45 AM
> To: nagdu
> Subject: [nagdu] going on a bus
> 
> Hi Sean,
> you had some experience on the bus. I have gone through that 
> many times. The
> drivers know the first two front seats are for disabled people. 
> Why ?
> because there is more room. Back in the 80's when I was 
> commuting to the
> Helen Keller School to learn computer I had to take a bus in a bad
> neighborhood to get to the train. A woman got on at a stop and 
> saw me and
> started to scream about the dog and wanted me thrown off the 
> bus. She said
> those people shouldn't be allowed on public transportation. The 
> driver told
> her to step off the bus and wait for another one as he was not 
> throwing me
> off with my dog. I told the woman those people (meaning me) have 
> more rights
> to ride the bus than you do. your sighted you can drive a car I 
> can't. I
> don't have a choice. the driver was very nice and said he liked 
> my come
> back. 
> Another time I was meeting a friend at a bus stop and we were 
> going on to
> the NYC for the day. She was a cane user and I had my dog. On 
> the train a
> man got on and asked me to sit in a different car because my dog 
> was evil. I
> had Parker a black lab. He said black dogs are evil. I told him 
> I was not
> moving and he could go sit in another car. I told him my dog is 
> a blessing
> from GOD and its dog backwards no matter what color my dog is . the
> conductor said he had a turban on his head. My friend was 
> nervous and said
> that is why I won't get a dog. to many problems. I said there 
> are no
> problems with you stand up for your rights. Its educating the 
> public. We had
> a wonderful time in the city with no problems. 
> Marilyn and Anna
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