[Ohio-Talk] transportation as a legislative topic

[Richard Payne]

Good morning,

Hopefully, those in this thread will be doing what you can to assist with the seminar and all the issues that we face.

Transportation has not been ruled out and we will do our best to address your concerns remember that on your local level you can have a great effect on what your local paratransit service does.

I mention the above because we need members to commit to joining us in Columbus and let's work on the issues together.


Richard Payne, President National Federation of the Blind of Ohio

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Kelsey and Ryan,

I trust all is well.

Can you give me a call this evening?

Suzanne

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I also agree that transportation is an issue that needs to be addressed and the Browns stadium should not be a top priority in the governor's budget. Here in Medina, we have paratransit, but it is extremely unreliable and if I were to use it, I would end up being late to work every day and they don't even operate on evenings or weekends, so if a family member can't drive me, I don't go. I think there needs to be particular focus on intercounty transportation, not just within the county where you live. 
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> On Feb 26, 2025, at 11:53 PM, Christopher Sabine via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Ryan.
> 
> I must agree with you that transportation is a significant issue that we need to address, even if it is just collaborating with other organizations in the community to come up with transportation solutions for our members.
> 
> I have had to network with members of other disability communities to secure transportation to State Convention for me and other members of our Chapter in the past, even reaching out to ONH and Autism families in a few cases.
> 
> I agree that if we had train service between Cincinnati and Cleveland, it would lessen the burden for us a lot, and I find it difficult to swallow that I cannot be involved in the legislative process as much as I would like for lack of available transportation to Columbus, for example.
> 
> Chris
> 
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> From: Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of ryan sima via Ohio-Talk
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> Subject: [Ohio-Talk] transportation as a legislative topic
> 
> Dear NFB family,
> I am happy there will be a Columbus seminar which has not happened in a while. I am however saddened that transportation is yet again not one of the topics. I agree whole heartitly that prescriptions and the current topics are great. However, in the 10 years I have been in the NFB, it appears transportation like paratransit has never been a concern or issue brought up. Uber and Lyft was more towards discrimination of service animals rather than actual transportation. So I am asking people on the legislative committee and the affiliate to consider how we can address the issues of transportation, particularly paratransit. One thing for sure is part of the governors budget can go more towards paratransit as apposed to the Browns Statium.
> 
> Thank you,
> Ryan Sima,
> Secretary,
> Cuyahoga County chapter
> 
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