Michael (pictured left) is on a scooter and holding up a sign reading “MTA: Fix Access-A-Ride Now! No More Stranded Riders. No More 4 Hour Waits. Just Fix It!”
at the demonstration. Next to him is Stacy in a wheelchair with her service dog, Lucky. Both Stacy and Lucky have signs. Lucky’s sign says “Access-A-Ride is inhumane.”
Antoinette is holding her colorful sign that says it all: “Stress-a-Ride!”
Antoinette uses a scooter.
Pamela is looking at us and holding a sign that says, “MTA, fix Access-A-Ride. Peter Kalikow and Lawrence Reuter – Meet with us! No More Late Pick-Ups! No More Stranded Riders!”
Her sign also tells the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to meet with us and to stop picking people up late or stranding them.
Simi Linton, a disability rights consultant, author, and teacher, is facing us and smiling. She uses a wheelchair. In the background are demonstrators at the Access-A-Ride demonstration on April 30, 2002, at MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) headquarters.
Photos: Jean Ryan