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

[Bob Hicks]

Hi Charlene.  Just for the record, Wheeling does have para-transit, although 
they try very hard, there are not enough reservations available to 
accommodate everyone.  We have public bus service Monday through Saturday, 
but nothing after 6 PM and nothing on Sunday.  We are fortunate in Wheeling, 
but it is not perfect, but it is better than most.  The SWG and the blind 
community in general is very limited as far as transportation is concerned. 
JMO

Best regards,

Bob Hicks
Access Technology Specialist
Seeing Hand Association, Inc.
304-232-4810
<bob at seeinghandassociation.com>
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlene smyth" <cs.nfbwv at frontier.com>
To: "NFB of West Virginia Discussion List" <nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbwv-talk] transportation a major issue in West Virginia


> 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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