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From: Tom.Gerhart@f210.n273.z1.fidonet.org (Tom Gerhart)
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Subject: Re: Paratransit
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Date: 21 Jun 91 19:17:16 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Willie
I know that alot of people will be upset by this mesg. but here goes,
In phila, blind people are able to use paratransit,  and in fact there
is an agency for the blind that uses paratransit as its tranportation
department, and promotes the use of this service by its employees as
well as its clients. The point I really want to make is that if I were a
person who really needed to use the system and was not able to do so
because all the rides were taken up by people who were able to use the
bus I would not be very happy.  In my oppinion the system is being
abused by the blind, I understand there are some blind people who need
to use the system but most of them should get out there and take the bus
with the rest of us. tom G

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