Afraid - USA - Passengers worry over bus services
As CMRTA faces funding cuts, many say they rely on city transportation
Bradenton,FL, United States -Bradenton Herald -Jun. 10, 2006: -- Life in a wheelchair hasn’t slowed Vicki Powell much. But an interruption in the area’s bus services could. “I wouldn’t be going anywhere, except maybe to church, to work and back home,” she said... The Columbia woman is part of a local culture that relies on the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority bus system to reach work, run errands, make doctors’ appointments and otherwise navigate the community... The 37-year-old Powell, who has spina bifida, is a regular passenger on DART, an umbrella program of the transit system especially equipped for handicapped riders... For her and the 10,000 others who take the buses each day, the transit system serves as the primary connector to major points around the metropolitan area — courtesy of 1,365 stops along 383 round-trip miles... She can’t imagine her life without viable public transportation... She hopes she never has to...
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