Comments on: "Senator Johnson, help Long Island Bus riders." http://blog.tstc.org/2009/03/30/senator-johnson-help-long-island-bus-riders/ News and opinion from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:36:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Sharyn Fitzpatrick http://blog.tstc.org/2009/03/30/senator-johnson-help-long-island-bus-riders/comment-page-1/#comment-14626 Sharyn Fitzpatrick Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:44:47 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=4248#comment-14626 I want to know if I vote for you, can you assure me that Able Ride will go back to picking up and driving disabled people to where ever they need or want to go in Long Island, in lieu of only under the ADA that your stops have to be w/in ¾ of a mile of a bus stop. I lived in Freeport for 25 yrs, I have family that live in Freeport and I can’t visit them b/c there are no bus lines where they live which is 3 blocks from Woodcleft Ave. a.k.a The Nautical Mile, which I can’t go there any more either. The ADA was put into law to protect people who are disabled and Able Ride gets to decide where I can or cannot go. That to me is in violation of the ADA, so again I ask you, what are you going to do about this situation that is discriminatory to me and thousands of others just on Long Island, especially since you had a law passed into Legislation July 2010 against discrimination against the disabled. Thank you, Sharyn Fitzpatrick I want to know if I vote for you, can you assure me that Able Ride will go back to picking up and driving disabled people to where ever they need or want to go in Long Island, in lieu of only under the ADA that your stops have to be w/in ¾ of a mile of a bus stop. I lived in Freeport for 25 yrs, I have family that live in Freeport and I can’t visit them b/c there are no bus lines where they live which is 3 blocks from Woodcleft Ave. a.k.a The Nautical Mile, which I can’t go there any more either. The ADA was put into law to protect people who are disabled and Able Ride gets to decide where I can or cannot go. That to me is in violation of the ADA, so again I ask you, what are you going to do about this situation that is discriminatory to me and thousands of others just on Long Island, especially since you had a law passed into Legislation July 2010 against discrimination against the disabled.

Thank you,

Sharyn Fitzpatrick

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]]> By: Pamela Tamaddon http://blog.tstc.org/2009/03/30/senator-johnson-help-long-island-bus-riders/comment-page-1/#comment-1117 Pamela Tamaddon Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:37:50 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=4248#comment-1117 Kate, this is a dismal state of affairs. Our MPO, elected officials amd the region 10 DOT seem well prepared to funnel millions of tax payer dollars into a doomed folly, a ferry terminal in County Executive Tom Suozzi's home town of Glen Cove, yet they all turn a blind eye to the need of improved mufti-modal transit for the average individual, improved bus and rail service. Conditions for bus riders in this immediate and surrounding community are deplorable. There are no shelter's for bus users and the Oyster Bay Line runs on a time table that does not fit the needs of the local commuter. Senator Johnson, should own up to the fact that those that can afford it purchase parking spaces in his justification to avail themselves of the Port Washington line. This has decimated the walkability and economic vibrance of the downtowns in his district. Kate, this is a dismal state of affairs. Our MPO, elected officials amd the region 10 DOT seem well prepared to funnel millions of tax payer dollars into a doomed folly, a ferry terminal in County Executive Tom Suozzi’s home town of Glen Cove, yet they all turn a blind eye to the need of improved mufti-modal transit for the average individual, improved bus and rail service.

Conditions for bus riders in this immediate and surrounding community are deplorable. There are no shelter’s for bus users and the Oyster Bay Line runs on a time table that does not fit the needs of the local commuter.

Senator Johnson, should own up to the fact that those that can afford it purchase parking spaces in his justification to avail themselves of the Port Washington line. This has decimated the walkability and economic vibrance of the downtowns in his district.

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