Transportation; GoMaine
Continuing the Questions
By Steve Hoad
If you have time, energy, and interest in public transportation research please write to
abilitymaine@gmail.com with Transportation in the subject line.
Our recent article,
Transportation, For Who?
$400,000.00 from the Feds, Locked into Commutes! Received comments, but very little research, from the readership.
In a conversation with Barbara Donovan, the article was mentioned and this is her response.
The article asked many questions. Do the answers satisfy you? Is there more to learn? GoMaine can be found on the web at
http://www.gomaine.org/
(from Barbara Donovan)
"Steve, good to talk to you today. I read the articles on Ability Maine and I'd like to send you some information for the website about GoMaine. It is
definitely available to all, it's just set up on a commuter schedule. It is used by those with disabilities and the expansion makes even more service
available. We have a fully accessible van on order to replace the one we currently have which can be used on whichever run it's needed. I'm looking forward
to hearing some of your ideas in the regional meetings.”
Barbara Donovan, Manager
Transportation Programming
Office of Passenger Transportation
Maine Department of Transportation
16 SHS
Augusta, ME 04333
207-624-3245
207-624-3251, fax
Street Address: 1 Child St., Augusta, ME 04333
Did you miss the article?
It can be found here: http://www.abilitymaine.org/news/gome.html
And the questions asked in it are reproduced below.
Does it make sense to subsidize people who all ready drive when there’s not any transportation available for those who don’t drive?
Do you walk a lot? Do you sit home because you have no transportation? Can you help by coming forward with research and advocacy?
A bunch of vans owned by the state?
Just for commuting?
How long do these vehicles sit idle each day?
Where do they live?
How can people with disabilities, who may not have "regular commutes" access these?
Are they, in fact, accessible vans?
Do people with disabilities who don't drive---with, or without jobs, have priority to these?
Anybody have the time and energy to do some phone calling and research?
If you have time, energy, and interest in public transportation research please write to
abilitymaine@gmail.com with Transportation in the subject line.
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