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Don’t Make Disabled Riders Pay More to Ride
By Theo Karantsalis Former Chair, Miami-Dade County Commission on Disability Issues; Florida State Activist Leader, National Multiple Sclerosis Society Tri-Rail wants to raise fares 10 percent. For most commuters, that is an inconvenience. For seniors and riders with disabilitie…
Tri-Rail wants to raise fares 10 percent. For most commuters, that is an inconvenience. For seniors and riders with disabilities, it is something else entirely.
I use a walker because of multiple sclerosis and vision impairment. I have logged more than 15,000 miles on Miami-Dade Transit in a single year. I know what public transit means to people like me. It is not a convenience. It is the only way we get to our doctors, our jobs, and our lives.
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