[QUAD-L] chat/public trans/school

[Stacy Harim]

I don't think you all are going to see much of me in there.  School has now started back up and I have a pretty hard schedule.  I don't know how active I will be with the list either.  I had transcript issues and stuck having the earliest classes.  I think it will be all I have just to handle the classes.  Mon, Wed, and Fri, I have an 8 oclock class and I since I rely on the most unreliable public transportation, I am getting picked up at 6:30 when the school is 40 mins away with the time it takes to tie or lock me down in the bus.   The transit  charges double for disabled who require door to door.  In the fixed rides that AB's take, the cost of the ride is 2 dollars and an additional dollar if they need to transfer.  If they live on an off beaten path more than 3/4 of a mile they can get a ride to the bus stop for an additional dollar.  Disabled who require curb to curb service have to pay double what AB's pay. I have curb to curb service and still pay as I live in a rural area and hardly live in a rural area.  I'm fighting hard about that as I live a half mile from the highway.  That's hardly rural.  I then have to pay for transfer points that I don't use because I ride directly.  I ride directly there and directly back.  Before the tri county govt. took over I was taking a different company for school and only paying 4 dollars no matter what.  Now I am paying 6 or more each way.  I tried to get a ride for Monday but couldn't get a hold of anyone to schedule it on Friday.     My van is tagged and ready to get the work on the modifications however the man from voc rehab that was supposed to come go over the stuff for the test when I was approved from the DMV is on medical leave and I now have to wait until April to do so.  That will make it over a year and a half since I have been working with voc rehab to get my license.  The sad thing is that my license from before I got sick is still valid.  How much trouble would I get into for using that to go down the street to practice my parking or driving around the neighborhood and practicing my 3pt turns at the dead ends?  I'm pretty damn irritated with the whole system.  Does anyone else have any problems like this with their public transportation?   Stacy ----- Original Message ----- From: David K. Kelmer To: Houston809 ; quadlist Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 4:00 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Chat 2day It's 3:00 P.M. and I'm there.   With Love, CtrlAltDel aka Dave C4/5 Complete - 28 Years Post Texas, USA  Houston809 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If you're going 2 chat 2day let me know time Place is DisabledOfAmerica