Jeff Preston is on the road with a message:
"Accessible transit, not only in London, [Ontario] but in the province, is broken," the University of Western Ontario Master's student told a crowd of about 150 supporters outside city hall.
He is blogging on his trek to demonstrate the fact at Get Mobilzed. Here's from his first day on the road:
I’ve known all along that this was important and it’s something I just have to do, but when I think of all the people who came out to see me off today, all the people with disabilities around this province stuck in the ridiculousness that is accessible transportation, and all the friendly motorists along the way who happily shared the road with me today, well I know that not only can I accomplish my goal to reach Ottawa, but we truly are on the cusp of something revolutionary. People seem to really understand the problem and empathize with our plight–they genuinely believe that we, the disabled, have the same right to access transportation just like everyone else. I think that’s really significant.
Source:
http://www.getmobilized.ca/travelblog/
More information:
http://getmobilized.ca/mainpage.html
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