[sasi] Paratransit

[Cheryl Osborn]

I'll never forget the time when I had been waiting for almost 2 hours for my 
return trip, only to be told that the driver had circled around my place of 
work 4 or 5 times but never saw anyone flag him down.  I told the dispatch 
that I was blind and so was unable to flag him down.  After waiting another 
30 or 40 minutes, I called again and again was told that the driver didn't 
see anyone flag him down.

Cheryl


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From: "jeffrey" <jeffl989898 at verizon.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 8:55 PM
To: "sasi, (sight and sound impaired) discussion list" <sasi at acb.org>
Subject: Re: [sasi] transportation

> LORI,
> JEFF LEWIN HERE, I'M IN PITTSBURGH
> AND WE HAVE A GOOD ACCESS SYSTEM WHICH I HAVE BEEN USING FOR 24 YEARS AND 
> I HAVE
> USED YOUR TECHNIQUE MOST OF THAT TIME,
> CERTAINLY FROM TIME TO TIME THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH ACCESS BUT IT DID 
> ALLOW ME TO WORK 10 MORE YEARS
> BEFORE MY RETIREMENT.
> WE ALL KNOW THAT WILL ROGERS SAID
> "I NEVER MET A MAN I DIDN'T LIKE",
> BUT JEFF LEWIN  SAY,
> "I NEVER MET AN ACCESS DRIVER I DIDN'T LIKE",
>
> JEFF AND INCREDIBLE DOCKER
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lori Scharff" <loris1 at optonline.net>
> To: "sasi, (sight and sound impaired) discussion list" <sasi at acb.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 10:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [sasi] transportation
>
>
>> Paratransit can be a bother to use. But, being an educated and
>> informed consumer make you a better user. Often pemple want to allow
>> the same amound of time for paratransit as a car trip would take.
>> However, if you need to get to an appointment yuo do not tell them
>> what time you want to leave--but, you tell the reservationist what
>> time you need to be at your destination. (I always tell people to addd
>> in a few extra minutes to give extra time.) Say you had to be at work,
>> the demtor etc. by 10:00 am. You would tell paratransit you need to
>> arrive no later than 9:45. I always ha8e something to read--waiting
>> goes faster... I tell people that waiting is part of my life. I can,t
>> change that--so might as well deal with it...
>> Take care.
>> Lori
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