[Ohio-talk] Mainstream

[COLLEEN ROTH]

Hi Carol,
I think it depends on the city. 
Sometimes even if someone is curb to curb a driver will go see if the person just missed the bus. This happens most often when a person is in Dialysis or if a driver know that the person can't see TARPS from where they are in the building. Usually if it is more than five minutes the driver will call the dispatcher. Sometimes the dispatcher will call the passenger to let them know TARPS is there.
Drivers do get to know their passengers and sometimes the go to a little more effort if they know the person and that person is a regular.
People are either door-to-door or curb-to-curb in Toledo Area.
There has been a great deal of improvement since TARPS is now run #TARTA and not by a private company.
Colleen Roth



----- Original Message -----
From: Carol Akers <purplecakers at yahoo.com>
To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 11:50 pm
Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Mainstream

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> It wasn't for us, I was just watching through the window after I heard the beep beep of back up. No one got on before they pulled ou.  Just wondered what the protocol was.
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> Carol Akers
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> On Tuesday, November 12, 2013 10:03 PM, Wanda Sloan <wsloan118 at roadrunner.com> wrote:
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> Sounds like you had a lazy driver.  My drivers always come to my buzzer to
> let me know that they are here for me.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carol
> Akers
> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 5:35 PM
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> Subject: [Ohio-talk] Mainstream
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> Here is a question to all you Mainstream users.
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> When you schedule a pickup, does the driver notify you when he or she
> arrives, or do they expect that you will be aware and waiting?  The reason I
> ask is that I heard the backing up beep (as Dusty says, the backing up van)
> and looked out to see what it by .  It was Mainstream and he did wait at
> least 5 minutes, while I was getting Dusty organized and in his stander, and
> no one appeared to get on.  There are at least 2- 3 people in my direct
> parking  area who might have scheduled the ride and whom they might have
> been waiting for.  So if someone complains that they either did not show up
> or that they were too early or too late, who did not come out for pick up?
> Just wondered.  Any response to explain this to me?
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> Carol Akers
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