pages: CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-12-13.pdf, 7
This data as json
body | date | page | text | path |
---|---|---|---|---|
CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2017-12-13 | 7 | Arnold Brillinger: They're in the loop, yes. And Wednesdays is when it goes down to the east end out to Harbor Bay Isle, and it goes through some of the housing, the HOAs and stuff like that, to pick up people. And again, comes through the same part in the middle of town to run them through and also South Shore Center. And then, on Thursdays, it's a central loop, it goes through the middle again, and Mastick and South Shore, but also goes out this way to Brookside, which is where Nob Hill is, and also the Park Street Landing, which is where the Dollar store is, or the Dollar Tree is. Arnold Brillinger: It's worthwhile to get on and to go and I suggest I've even been going around to nursing homes and saying, "Hey, you see this bus that's coming around? Take your loved one," and I'm telling this to responsible people, "Take your loved ones just on a ride for an hour. They will see something different than the four walls of their nursing home. Or take them out, go to South Shore and push them around for a while. Go through the grocery store and stuff. Just make their lives a little bit more interesting." And the neat thing about this is that it has lifts for wheelchairs and even in my wheelchair, I can be in the back of it and I could do a 360. There is some room back there. But they also have bike racks in the front of it. I made up a sign that says, "Take your bike for a ride." And then when you get to a certain place, you can take it off, ride around for a while. When you come back, there's another shuttle. Beth Kenny: Thank you very much for all your hard work, Vice-Chair Brillinger. You're really doing a lot in the transportation department so thank you. Arnold Brillinger: Yes. Also, I wanted to say that I do travel around to other disability commissions and councils. And I have reported to the Oakland one and also the San Francisco one that the City Council passed the Universal Design Ordinance. I've had some people say, "Oh, can we get copies of it?" I said, "Sure. Here it is online. Download it." Because we can't just sit on it. We need to also blow our own horn, as it were, and say, "Hey, look what we've got going in Alameda. You guys get on the bandwagon." Whatever. It's not just for Alameda. It's for the East Bay, for the state, for the country. We just keep on going bigger and bigger. Beth Kenny: Thank you. Does anyone else have anything they'd like to report from their commission or board that they're a liaison for? Anto Aghapekian: For the transportation. For the transportation, I see them. The shuttle buses. I see them at Mastick's and they're mostly empty. Arnold Brillinger: You're right. Anto Aghapekian: I talked with the drivers and they say that people don't know about the program. Arnold Brillinger: That's true. Anto Aghapekian: If you have an opportunity to talk with the commissioners or the directors to advertise in the paper, let people know and let people know the routes, which bus to take to go where, to let people know and then they'd start using it because they're going around empty right now. Arnold Brillinger: They are. That's true. It went around empty before also, but nobody knew what it was. 12/12/17 Page 7 of 10 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2017-12-13.pdf |