[nagdu] bus shelters and the cold

[Nicole Torcolini]

It sounds as though you might need to talk to the bus drivers or their
supervisor . If you ride that bus often, and the driver is the same most or
all of the time, then he/she should not just blow by you. If there is a spot
that they expect you to stand, then they need to explain that, and someone
needs to show you where that is. If you cannot get to that spot because of
snow or something else, then the bus driver needs to realize that.

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Reinhard Stebner
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 1:58 PM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: Re: [nagdu] bus shelters and the cold

Thank all of you for your suggestions. The issue I have run into is that the
bus will be scheduled to come at a time but the bus has been known to show
up to 10 minutes early. I have used iNextBus and it works when the GPS is
working on the bus. I have missed bus because the thing was not working. My
office is about 10 minutes from the stop and I have to get out there a
little early because I have had issues with the bus passing me if I am not
right at the stop (we are talking about just a few feet away and the bus
will not stop). I will follow your suggestion below about keeping the dog
not lysing down. At home, I have a bus shelter but at work I just have a bus
sign and it is often hat there is a lot of snow piled up on the sidewalk (I
sware the snow plowers do it on purpose.

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tai Blas
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 12:06 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] bus shelters and the cold

Many transit systems have apps that will show you real time schedules of
when the bus will arrive so that you need not wait outside in the cold for
too long. The website nextbus and accompanying app iNextBus is a good
example of this. There's also a service called bongo. I suggest using Google
to see if you have any similar service. Of course, this requires buses to
have GPS transmitters  installed.

Tai Tomasi
J.D. Candidate, class of 2014
Email: tai.tomasi8 at gmail.com
Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse my brevity and any grammatical errors.

> On Jan 3, 2014, at 9:07 PM, "Steven Johnson" <blinddog3 at charter.net>
wrote:
> 
> I find that it is all about timing.  I know when the bus will come, 
> and it is generally here within 3 minutes of it's scheduled time, so 
> wait to the last possible moment to leave to minimize the time 
> outside.  Granted, the stop is very close to my home, but not so much 
> at work, but the concept works for this as well.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Reinhard
Stebner
> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2014 8:38 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: [nagdu] bus shelters and the cold
> 
> What do you guys do about having to wait for extended times at a bus 
> stop with no shelter? How do you keep your pup warm?
> 
> 
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