[Nfbwv-talk] transportation a major issue in West Virginia

[charlene smyth]

Keri,

I feel that West Virginia definitely needs transportation to get in and out 
of the state, to other parts of the state, and in some areas.  Unfortunately 
when you are blind and live in West Virginia, you pretty much have to move 
to an area that has good transportation such as Morgantown, Fairmont, 
Clarksburg, Bridgeport, Charleston, Huntington, and possibly a few other 
places.  I live in Clarksburg and work in Bridgeport and we have a county 
bus, two taxies, and a Grayline out of Morgantown that comes through here 
with stops in Fairmont, Morgantown, and two stops in Pittsburgh at the bus 
station and the airport.  I know it shouldn't have to be this way, but the 
reality is that blind people need to make up their minds to move to an area 
with transportation instead of staying stuck in an area where they are so 
dependent on others and more often than not do without what they need or 
want.

Charlene

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "keri" <wvucountrygirl729 at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of West Virginia Discussion List" <nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 10:52 PM
Subject: [Nfbwv-talk] transportation a major issue in West Virginia


> greetings fellow listers,
>
> I wanted to address what I believe is the major issue in WV is 
> transportation. In many areas there is no public transportation what so 
> ever, or if there is it is unuseable to many for various reasons. For 
> example. there is a local bus which might as well not exist in Mercer 
> county. It only covers a few places in Bluefield, Princeton, and a stop in 
> Athens. It offers medical services to anyone in the area but apparently I 
> live only ten minutes away from Athens and they don't drive that far... So 
> there services are completely useless to me. I as a blind person have to 
> plan ahead and try to find someone to drive me where ever I go. Sure there 
> is a cab company in Princeton, but I live about 20 minutes to a half hour 
> from princeton about 10 to 15 miles. Who can aford a few dollars per mile 
> when they need to go somewhere. What I've seen is that Huntington is the 
> most accessable town in the state. This is very sad because many of us are 
> not only moving away from WV because our partic
> ular field is hard to come by for jobs here, but that the transportation 
> is so lacking and almost impossible to work with.
> I'm still going to be stuck in WV for a while to come, and although I love 
> WV I also hate it. I hate it because I can't go catch a bus or a cheap cab 
> to just go somewhere on the spur of the moment if I choose. I have to 
> constantly plan and always drag someone along with me. This makes 
> adventuring and exploring diffucult.
>
> When traveling to other states and seeing what they have to offer not just 
> to disabled but to everyone, and how it makes a difference in every day 
> life it makes me realize just how downhill and behind our home state has 
> become. I hate huge cities very much because of crowds and such, but I 
> love them for their accessableity. Not everyone has friends or family to 
> drive them. I can't even go out and get a job for myself because I have no 
> transportation to get there. Here is the question I pose. How is someone 
> supposed to get out there and try to work/go to school/be a part of the 
> community with no way?
>
> Also, what can we do to solve this issue?
>
> I'm interested to read responses to this email. :)
>
> keri
>
> "Sometimes your nearness takes my breath away; and all the things I want 
> to say can find no voice. Then, in silence, I can only hope my eyes will 
> speak my heart."
> --Robert Sexton
>
> "For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth 
> there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart 
> somewhere to receive it."
> --Ivan Panin
>
> Find that guy that will pick up every piece of your shattered heart & put 
> it back together; Replacing it with a piece of his.
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