One more for the TransLink annus horribilus. At least this problem got fixed. Still awaiting word on the other multi-million dollar issues.
TransLink backs down on scrapping taxi discounts for disabled
July 12th, 2012 · 2 Comments
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1 jesse // Jul 12, 2012 at 4:02 pm
Annus horribilus? Hardly. Translink finally figured out how to speak a language its overseers understand. Sounds like they’re meeting their HandySMART goals LOL
2 Roger Kemble // Jul 13, 2012 at 9:19 am
I suppose I should be a prime candidate for transit’s goodies: taxi and bunny bus.
I am an 83 year old pensioner with a busted back caused by a fall on my sailboat (i.e. no more sailing!).
I still walk everywhere with the help a beautiful walking stick crafted in Zimbabwe: I look like, but not feel like, Quasimodo!
With frequent stops my ambulatory range is limited by my interest in the surroundings. Groceries etc. can be delivered for C$5.00.
I have used Transit’s bunny bus once and although it is door to door I found it to be most inconvenient. Fortunately I am not so disabled so as to need the taxi service.
If I need to take public transit C$2.00 will get me to where I want to go. The bunny bus, @ C$3.50, has the advantage of being door-to-door, but it’s a hassle having to order the day before.
I live downtown Nanaimo on the 10th floor of a 17 story tower and that, I suppose, is sin-numero-infinite according to my blogger colleagues but it is very walker friendly: the seawall walk will take me anywhere from the BC Ferries to the mall and all places in between.
As I have tried to argue, to no avail, on this blog TX planning is not about expensive shiny trinkets, or fare manipulation, but rather about arranging the city . . .
http://www.theyorkshirelad.ca/1yorkshirelad/vancouver.re-boot/Vancouver.re-boot.html
. . . into incremental local villages, that will also save a lot of money and urban angst!
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