[blindlaw] Transportation Issues

[ckrugman at sbcglobal.net]

I found this late as I'm way behind with emails as usual. As a blind free 
lance paralegal I am able to do much of my work on line. However, it is 
necessary to travel frequently for meetings and other activities. I work out 
of my house in Fresno a city of about 500,000 with a fair public 
transportation system.While there are handy ride vans I prefer to use fixed 
route service as it is better to depend on buses than waiting for vans to 
pick me up. At times I find that even depending on buses is a time waster 
and I will then rely on using cabs at my own expense. I have always looked 
at this as one of the costs of doing business. When it works I will also 
rely on colleagues for rides and on rare occasions I have paid drivers when 
I've needed to go to a place not covered by public transit or the cost of 
paying a taxi would be outrageous. As I frequently have to travel to 
Sacramento I use Amtrak and local ground transportation in Sacramento 
usually cabs. Its always interesting to hear about people's individual 
situations and how they solve them. hope this helps.
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kristi Wilkins" <kristiwilkins at gmail.com>
To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 7:56 AM
Subject: [blindlaw] Transportation Issues


> Good morning,
>
> I am a recent law graduate and am in the middle of a job search.  I am
> legally blind and can't drive.  I was wondering how some of you deal with
> transportation issues.  I have been hesitant to apply for some jobs
> (especially litigation positions) because I am concerned about being able 
> to
> get to and from the office, courthouse, meetings, etc.  Right now, I live 
> in
> Austin, TX and use the transportation services provided by Cap Metro.  It
> can sometimes be time-consuming and requires me to be able to plan my 
> trips
> - something that may not always be possible when things come up on short
> notice.  Also, they are experiencing budget cuts and may be cutting back 
> on
> their services soon.  We have a bus service, but it is difficult for me to
> use for several reasons.  A lot of the jobs I have seen lately have been
> popping up in small towns, which likely don't have the extensive services
> Austin does.  Here are my questions:
>
> 1. If you have transportation services like the one in Austin, are you 
> able
> to use them efficiently to get around?  Do employers understand the
> transportation difficulties that come with being legallly blind?
>
> 2. If the services don't work for you (or you simply don't have
> transportation services), what do you do to get around?
>
> Thanks,
> Kristi
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