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Battle's Trans.: "Life After MetroAccess....Life is GOOD!"
Posted by The Access on May 17, 2012 at 3:30pm 1 Comment 2 Promotions
Battle's Transportation: " F**K METROACCESS!"
Posted by The Access on January 23, 2012 at 1:58pm 0 Comments 0 Promotions
A key provider of Metro's service for riders with disabilities is pulling out of the transit agency next month.
Battle's Transportation will stop providing …
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WE WILL NOT BE SILENT about Paratransit and Needs of PWD's for A Transit Summit, Self-employment, Sustainable Income, and Ownership of A Green Paratransit
Posted by Dr. Ayo Maat on November 29, 2011 at 12:30pm 0 Comments 0 Promotions
Green Think Tank for the Disability Community
ContinueThis is the place to keep up with us as we raise funds to go to Washington DC in May 2012 for the NPPMA…
Fudging the Numbers with MetroAccess (visited)
Posted by The Access on November 8, 2011 at 8:00pm 4 Comments 0 Promotions
Riders who use Metro’s door-to-door shuttle for those with disabilities gave their opinions of how to improve the service this week, as the transit agency prepares to rebid the…
How MetroAccess, MV Transportation, and WMATA fail D.C.'s disabled riders
Posted by The Access on October 27, 2011 at 4:08pm 0 Comments 0 Promotions
On Monday night, MetroAccess vans lined 5th Street NW in front of WMATA's Jackson Graham headquarters in Chinatown. You've seen the vans all over the District — the long white vans with the big MetroAccess signs, part of a fleet comprising 600 vehicles. Dozens of people with disabilities had arrived on this dark, chilly evening for the first of three town halls to…
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MetroAccess Tries To Deliver Despite Financial Woes
Posted by Kevin on September 29, 2011 at 12:21pm 0 Comments 1 Promotion
Here is a link to a Sept. 29, 2011 article and podcast from American University Radio : MetroAccess Tries to Deliver Despite Financial…
Continue Metro to host town hall meetings on the MetroAccess paratransit service contract
Posted by The Access on September 26, 2011 at 7:30pm 0 Comments 1 Promotion
Metro is preparing to seek proposals for a new contract to provide MetroAccess service. In preparation, Metro and its Accessibility Advisory Committee will host three Town Hall Meetings to obtain input and recommendations from the public. Customers and stakeholders will have the opportunity to talk to…
Don't X Out Public Transit - September 20
Posted by Kevin on September 17, 2011 at 9:00pm 0 Comments 1 Promotion
Congress is contemplating legislation to cut federal funding for public transportation by 1/3.
On September 20 a series of rally events are being held in a number of cities to show support for public transit and to send the message that now is the time to invest in public…
Continue MetroAccess Drivers Protest Unsafe/Unfair Work Conditions!
Posted by The Access on August 30, 2011 at 7:30pm 0 Comments 2 Promotions
MetroAccess bus drivers carry nearly 2.5 million of D.C. metro area's residents with disabilities as of the 2011 fiscal year — and they feel their new working schedules have made …
Continue MetroAccess/MVTransportation Drivers Requesting Riders to Join Rally/Stike/Protest Over Unsafe Work Conditions.
Posted by The Access on August 26, 2011 at 6:22pm 1 Comment 4 Promotions
As if an earthquake and a hurricane weren't enough on Metro's plate for one week, WMATA also has a brewing labor problem for first thing Monday morning — a protest at their Hyattsville building.
Multiple MetroAccess bus drivers plan to hold a rally there protesting what they're calling "unsafe" working conditions, including schedules that force drivers to work 13 hours a day and add to the risk that vehicles will drive dangerously and crash.…
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WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WIT THE bYATCHES IN DISPACH AT METRO ACCESS
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MY RIDE TODAY......
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Fare Hike
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StyxRiverGynoid via Twitter#WMATA #MetroAccess #DemandManagement Trick #47: When van arrives @ wrong entrance, no-show rider even when on the phone with #WheresMyRide
Dr. Ayo Maat commented on The Access's blog post Battle's Trans.: "Life After MetroAccess....Life is GOOD!""Urgent - emergency rally--It is extremely impt that you reach me immediately and get the word out…"
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Hell_on_wheelz via TwitterRT @MeanBlackDude: Battle's Trans.: "Life After #WMATA #MetroAccess....Life is GOOD!" http://t.co/K9vCkLhU
MeanBlackDude via TwitterBattle's Trans.: "Life After #MetroAccess....Life is GOOD!" http://t.co/K9vCkLhU (OFFICIAL Press Release) Congrats!
The Access left a comment for Tina Clarkson"CONGRATS!
Let us know if we can do anything to help you guys out!!!
Leaving the MetroAccess…"
Tina Clarkson left a comment for The Access"Thanks so much! I am a little IT compromised (lol) so please feel free to post the attached press…"
The Access left a comment for Tina Clarkson"Also watch for some really disturbing news stemming from the largest paratransit provider soon."
The Access left a comment for Tina Clarkson"Hello Tina,
Not only can you post it, you're ENCOURAGED to! MetroAccess (in…"
Tina Clarkson left a comment for The Access"Hi there!
Can the MMV post info from our press release? There is life after MetroAccess and…"
Furiou3Dawg via TwitterOn #MetroAccess getting ready to head to the doctors with mom. It may not sound like much to you but I feel like a kid on field trip day
The Access left a comment for DahDah Battle"Hey, would you mind if we shared your Battles link on our Web Directory?"
FixWMATA via TwitterRT @Hell_on_wheelz: #MetroAccess SubCom (AAC) riders group meets Mon (5/21) 4-6PM JGB Bldg #WMATA HQ #riderPSA
FixWMATA via Twitter@Hell_on_wheelz Can we get those #MetroAccess folks to also litter up the system? Otherwise we need this survey... #wmata
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