[nagdu] Buses and guide dogs

Cindy Ray cindyray at gmail.com
Sat Oct 27 21:23:11 UTC 2012


I am sort of wondering to whom you are referring, Steve. The company wasn't Jefferson; not sure anyone ever said it was. It was, is it Rim Rock or Red Rock Trailways. They sort of tie into Greyhound. 

CL

On Oct 27, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Steven Johnson wrote:

> If it is indeed Jefferson, I use it exclusively as it is the only OTR that
> comes through my area.  I have never in the past almost 2 decades, ever had
> a problem with their services, or drivers for that matter.  And, in fact,
> they are eagerly willing to accommodate and get us seating that will also
> comfortably seat the dog.  I would rather like to commend them because about
> 2 years ago, their site was horrible to navigate, but working through their
> top-level folks was able to get an accessible feature placed on their site.
> As I am reading back at the original post, this was actually second hand
> knowledge being relayed...be careful what you post before checking out the
> facts yourself.  JMO,
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray
> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 12:32 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Buses and guide dogs
> 
> I don't think the company needs to be enlightened so much as folks who work
> for it. I looked at their web site, and it doesn't reflect that sort of
> stuff.
> 
> CL
> 
> On Oct 27, 2012, at 12:09 PM, Lyn Gwizdak wrote:
> 
>> This is BS.  The ADA and even old state laws have forbidden this.  I think
> this bus company needs a bit of waking up.
>> 
>> Lyn and Landon
>> "Education creates tolerance towards diversity."
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 6:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Buses and guide dogs
>> 
>> 
>>> I looked at Jefferson Lines policy, and they don't say anything about
> requiring you to fill out papers. The prefer if you let them know you have a
> disability 48 hours in advance, and I think it said that you might have to
> show verbally or some other way, such as with equipment, that the animal is
> serving a purpose as far as your disability is concerned. It said the dog
> can't use a seat and that the dog must be in the person's control at all
> times. And that's it.
>>> CL
>>> 
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