Re: [QUAD-L] chat/public trans/school
In a message dated 30/01/2005 19:59:21 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Stacey, I don't use public transportation but we do have a handicap service that is run by the city bus service that will bring your door to door for only $2 as of a year ago. My license was about to run out before I started my driver training. I had no trouble renewing my license and I did not even need any restrictions on it because it's pretty obvious that I'm not going to be able to get behind the wheel of a normal vehicle without major modifications. It was my choice after I took my drivers training to take a drivers test to have restrictions put on my license. I saw no reason to do this and there is no law in Minnesota stating thatI need to do this so I never did. Jim I'm really lucky when it comes to public transport as generally speaking all the places that I want to go have good access etc for disableds. When I go on long bus rides to places I ask the bus driver to put my chair in the rack and I crawl to the back, and all the drivers in my home town, and majority in other places will help me, so I am extremely lucky! Love Smurf xxx
Re: [QUAD-L] chat/public trans/school
Hi Stacy, If you do get a minute any day just stop by'Chat' and say 'hi". Here in the city of Wichita Falls, the public transportation will go one block off the "City Listed Route' and will not leave the city streets to pick someone up. I live 1/2 block off the City Listed Route so they will stop out front of my place. They will only drop you off in the same way. The American Red Cross has a wheelchair van that I use to get out. With Love, CtrlAltDel aka DaveC4/5 Complete - 28 Years PostTexas, USA Stacy Harim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 paying6 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 DaveC4/5 Complete - 28 Years PostTexas, USA Houston809 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you're going 2 chat 2day let me know timePlace is DisabledOfAmerica
Re: [QUAD-L] chat/public trans/school
Wouldn't that be descrimination due to a disability! I think a visit to an advocate office or phone call to one might be called for. Even tho you will be driving yourself eventually, what they are doing is against the law. take care, I hope you get to drive as soon as possible! My life would be so much better if I could drive. I can/' drive, just cannot afford a new enough van, don't work or go to school, so voc rehab will not begin to look into it. ugh Dana [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Stacy Harim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Houston809 [EMAIL PROTECTED]; quadlist quad-list@eskimo.com; David K. Kelmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 6:35 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] chat/public trans/school 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. Kelmermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Houston809mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ; quadlistmailto:quad-list@eskimo.com 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]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you're going 2 chat 2day let me know time Place is DisabledOfAmerica
Re: [QUAD-L] chat/public trans/school
I agree that¹s discrimination you also should get in touch with the civil rights commission of your state it sounds like it could also be violating your civil rights. But definitely an ADA violation. On 1/30/05 1:58 PM, Dana Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wouldn't that be descrimination due to a disability! I think a visit to an advocate office or phone call to one might be called for. Even tho you will be driving yourself eventually, what they are doing is against the law. take care, I hope you get to drive as soon as possible! My life would be so much better if I could drive. I can/' drive, just cannot afford a new enough van, don't work or go to school, so voc rehab will not begin to look into it. ugh Dana [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Stacy Harim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Houston809 [EMAIL PROTECTED]; quadlist quad-list@eskimo.com; David K. Kelmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 6:35 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] chat/public trans/school 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. Kelmermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Houston809mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ; quadlistmailto:quad-list@eskimo.com 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]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you're going 2 chat 2day let me know time Place is DisabledOfAmerica
Re: [QUAD-L] chat/public trans/school
Stacey, I don't use public transportation but we do have a handicap service that is run by the city bus service that will bring your door to door for only $2 as of a year ago. My license was about to run out before I started my driver training. I had no trouble renewing my license and I did not even need any restrictions on it because it's pretty obvious that I'm not going to be able to get behind the wheel of a normal vehicle without major modifications. It was my choice after I took my drivers training to take a drivers test to have restrictions put on my license. I saw no reason to do this and there is no law in Minnesota stating thatI need to do this so I never did. Jim
[QUAD-L] chat/public trans/school
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 paying6 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 DaveC4/5 Complete - 28 Years PostTexas, USA Houston809 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you're going 2 chat 2day let me know timePlace is DisabledOfAmerica
