[nfb-talk] Hassles With Taxi Access:

Mon Sep 3 17:09:41 CDT 2007

How about sending a message to the company asking for volunteers who are 
headed your direction to take you to and from work for a fee.  I tried this 
and found it very successful.  And I too have had to pay taxi fairs ot get 
to work due to my mistakes assuming rides would be available when they were 
on vacation.  This is part of being a federationist, we do what we have to 
do and we don't complain and make excuses.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Handel" <cindy425 at verizon.net>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Hassles With Taxi Access:


> Thanks Kenneth.  It's as clear as mud, now!
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kenneth Chrane" <kenneth.chrane at verizon.net>
> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 10:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Hassles With Taxi Access:
>
>
> Hi Fellow Federationists, M.J. Management runs Taxi Access and they waited
> until July to send out the forms and Kathy Corrigan mailed them and Doctor
> Kenneth Zonies never got them.
> Did the Post Office screw up?
> Did M.J Management loose the letters?
> Taxi Access is an unalienable Right to travel with the County of Baltimore
> County and the city of Baltimore.
> I need some advice as to how to speed this matter up?
> Does MTA fall under the umbrella of M.J. Management?
> How about the Mobility Department of MTA?
> Transportation is a Hassle in Baltimore, for I have never had this problem
> when I lived in Denver, Colorado, and Seattle, Washington or Chicago,
> Illinois.
> Baltimore's transportation is behind the times.
> As it is now, I must use Mobility and they are not very reliable.
>
> Some people have to wait two hours before their Mobility transit Van shows
> up.
> Sincerely,
>
> Kenneth Chrane
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cindy Handel" <cindy425 at verizon.net>
> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 9:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Hassles With Taxi Access:
>
>
>>I think it would make much more sense, to most of us on this list, if we
>> knew just what you and Ken are talking about.  It sounds like this "Taxi
>> Access" is a version of Para transit.  But, we don't know where this
>> program
>> is, who runs it, and, if Ken and Carol have used it in the past, does it
>> have an expiration; thus the problem?  From Ken's message, and yours, it
>> sounds like it's a very frustrating situation, but not one that any of us
>> can give much advice on, since we don't have enough information.  Is 
>> there
>> no other public transportation in the area?
>>
>> In some cases, news media attention to a matter might help.  But, right
>> now,
>> it's hard to say whether it would be appropriate, in this case, because 
>> of
>> lack of information; other than knowing of the outrage of Ken and Carol.
>>
>> So, if Ken could provide some useful details about what actually 
>> happened,
>> how it came about, catching them off guard, and something about who runs
>> this service and the eligibility requirements for the service, someone
>> here
>> might be able to offer some advice.
>>
>> Cindy
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Kenneth Chrane" <kenneth.chrane at verizon.net>
>> To: <maricco at uwalumni.com>; "Michael Bullis" <mbullis at BISM.org>;
>> <nfbmd at earthlink.net>; <bruce at wbal.com>; <ddurian at wbal.com>
>> Cc: "Multiple recipients of NFBnet NFB-Talk Mailing List"
>> <NFB-Talk at nfbnet.org>; <news at radionz.co.nz>; <feedback at bbc.co.uk>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 8:20 AM
>> Subject: [nfb-talk] Hassles With Taxi Access:
>>
>>
>> Hi -- I am Kathy Corrigan, friend and attorney-in-fact of Carol and Ken.
>> I
>> can honestly say that this business with Taxi Access is a terrible
>> hardship
>> for Carol and Ken.  Ken has just started a new job and already, today, he
>> could not get to work because of the Taxi Access goof-up. Carol was a 
>> mess
>> over all this too.
>>
>> As I understand the situation, Mobility will grant travel extensions for
>> those participants whose interviews are scheduled for dates AFTER the
>> filing
>> expiration (in this case, August 31st)  Taxi Access has no such extension
>> arrangement.  This actually means that Carol and Ken can not use Taxi
>> Access
>> until they have their interviews (currently scheduled for October) and
>> THEN
>> they must submit the Mobility approval to Taxi Access and then WAIT as
>> long
>> as 4-6 weeks for the card to be mailed.  Good Lord!  It takes up to 4-6
>> weeks to mail the cards?  I inquired about an in-person pick-up of the
>> cards
>> and was told it is a tiny office and not open to the public.  As crazy as
>> all this is, it is also absurd that the Taxi Access program has no
>> extension
>> protocol.  Wouldn't the same Mobility extension provision extend to Taxi
>> Access,-- after all Taxi Access is a program in the Mobility office? 
>> This
>> is a horrific injustice for disabled riders and it looks like this 
>> current
>> situation might not be quickly resolved.  This immediate crisis aside,
>> perhaps, in light of the large numbers of interviews scheduled for
>> September
>> into October, the applications (for Mobility AND for Taxi Access) should
>> be
>> due 2 months before the expiration of the participants cards.  That way,
>> the
>> riders still have access to the transportation while the interviews are
>> going on.  I think we need to get some action on this...... Anyone care 
>> to
>> call a news station?
>>
>> Respectfully yours,
>> Kathy Corrigan
>>
>>
>>
>>
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