[Ohio-talk] Paratransit

[Kaiti Shelton]

I did that or both trips. I was very specific with when I wanted to reach my destinations and was ready to go well before an hour in advance of both trips. 

Based on my experiences thus far I'm not sure I'd want to take the risk. That may change in the future, but I just meant now I wouldn't want to risk something like this happening when my professionalism and work with clients would be on the line. 

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On Sep 9, 2013, at 10:42 PM, "Kyle Conley" <violinistvocalist at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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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