[Nfbf-l] tampa transportation needed

[Carolyn Lapp]

thank you very much for the info. it sounds as though you have some of the 
same problems we have crossing county lines in PBC .  take care.
carolyn
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Anspach" <danspach at tampabay.rr.com>
To: "'NFB of Florida Listserv'" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 9:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] tampa transportation needed


> Hello Carolyn,
> Amtrak used to have a shuttle bus that would take train passengers from
> Pinellas to Hillsborough to catch the train. I think they would do the 
> same
> for train passengers arriving in Hillsborough that needed to get to 
> Pinellas
> county. They used to have a pick-up point at the Parkside Mall located at
> 7400 US 19 in Pinellas Park. I would guess that Amtrak would be able to 
> give
> more info on times etc. and if the service is still available.
>
> As far as getting to the St. Pete Hilton, you would probably need to call 
> a
> cab. I'm sure there is bus service from the mall to the Hilton, but I'm 
> just
> not sure about the schedule. You can reach yellow Cab, the most reliable 
> cab
> company serving Pinellas county at: 727-799-2222.
>
> The PSTA used to offer a service where you could call them and give your
> origination point and your destination and they would tell you which bus
> route(s) you would need to take to get there along with times. I'm not 
> sure
> they are still providing this service , but You could probably call their
> main number, 727-540-1800 and see if it is still available. Their web site
> is: www.psta.net. They have schedules there that you can download. The 
> only
> problem is that they are in PDF format and you will need Adobe Acrobat to
> read them. The last time I tried to read one of their schedules, I found
> them to be very confusing as they were not laid out with accessibility in
> mind.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of Lappland
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 10:12 AM
> To: NFB of Florida Listserv
> Subject: [Nfbf-l] tampa transportation needed
>
> dear fellow NFB members,
> I would appreciate any information you could share with me about possible
> transportation from the tampa amtrak station to the hilton hotel in st.
> petersberg. the president of the palm beach chapter of the FCB is 
> attending
> a meeting at the hilton hotel this weekend and has asked for our 
> assistance.
> thank you in advance for your help.
>
> Carolyn Lapp
> Executive Director
> Florida Outreach Center for the Blind, Inc.
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