[Ohio-talk] Paratransit

[Kyle Conley]

Kaiti,
I used PM all of last fall for student teaching. Always give them an hour 
window to get you to your location. I used the subscription service, and not 
once was I late. To use the example, I told them I needed to be there at 
8:30, they picked me up at 7:25.
Hopes this helps.



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From: "Kaiti Shelton" <kaiti.shelton at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 10:38 PM
To: "'NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List'" <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Paratransit

> Hi,
>
> There are a few reasons why I opted to take paratransit instead of the 
> city
> bus.  I don't actually "live" in Dayton---I do during the school year of
> course, but it's not really a city I'm familiar with and with my school 
> and
> work schedules I can't easily go exploring to figure things out.  My 
> thought
> was that since I'd primarily be on UD's campus, I could just learn the 
> area
> around campus really well and use paratransit to get to anywhere else I'd
> want to go.   This particular trip also had to happen at night if it was
> going to happen at all and be 7 miles from my location, which further
> complicated matters.
>
> I'm starting to question whether or not paratransit would be reliable in a
> practicum situation, even if it were a subscription trip.  It took an hour
> for the driver to come back for me the second time this weekend, so even 
> if
> I were to schedule way in advance for my pick ups and something weird
> happened there would be no guarantee I'd make it to my site on time. 
> Since
> that counts as a class with my professors supervising and one of the grade
> criteria is professionalism including punctuality, I'm thinking that 
> pairing
> up with a student who has a car might be the best way to go.  I know we
> start in pairs anyway so this isn't a big deal for the moment, but it 
> would
> have been nice to have an option to get to the place I'm going 
> independently
> in case their car wasn't working, or they couldn't go that day, or later 
> on
> in senior year when I'll be working alone.  .  I'll just have to make sure
> that schedules line up with the other person.
>
>
>
> Kaiti Shelton
> University of Dayton---2016
> Music Therapy Major, Psychology Minor, Clarinet
> Advocates for Sexual Assault Prevention (ASAP), Vice president
> Ohio Association of Blind Students, Secretary
> NFB Community Service Group, Service Project Committee Chair
> Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma, Usher Coordinator
> UD Music Therapy Club
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> mzavoli at roadrunner.com
> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 10:03 PM
> To: ohio-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Ohio-talk] Paratransit
>
> Kaiti,
>
> Often, paratransit is not reliable.  Can you take the city bus instead?
>
> I used to take paratransit to work and it would either get me there too
> early or too late.  A couple of times, I got home past 9 p.m. after I was
> picked up at 7:30, an hour and a half after my work tour ended.  I decided
> to take the city bus, even though it required three transfers.  At least, 
> I
> got to work on time, and I was able to catch the first bus after my shift
> ended.
>
> Milena
>
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