Show I UTA Isn't Really Flexible To the Editor The Utah Transit needs to be more accommodating to people with It is true that UTA runs a service called that gives curb to curb assistance strictly to those people who suffer from a disability but there are still a great number of disabled people who go without service on a adaily adaily adaily daily basis What are the rest of those people supposed to do Are they expected to stay slay home until it is convenient for UTA The name is very misleading because they are anything but flexible On the morning of Jan 11 II I placed a call to I wanted to schedule a trip to the library I barely had the request out of my mouth before the phone operator informed me that they weren't scheduling scheduling scheduling sched sched- any more trips that day She didn't even allow me to tell her where I needed to go Letters to the Editor are welcome from all members of the college community This is an open forum and Horizon encourages free speech Letters should be received by Wednesday for publication in the following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing weeks week's newspaper Letters may be condensed and edited They should be clear and concise concIse Letters must be words or under signed for students-major students included and a daytime phone number I then called INFO BUS-INFO to see sec if I could get on a regular bus This time the operator checked his sheet and told me that there I would be no lift-equipped lift buses going along East all day UTA has commercials on TV LV 1 V. V that say something to the effect of Life is full of frustrating moments riding riding riding rid rid- ing the bus shouldn't of them Riding the bus isn't frustrating not r being able to gel get on one is IS T Saying that this is a once- once in-awhile in thing would be bc a vast understatement In the last eight v months Id I'd guess Ive I've been able to ride the bus about ten times and that's being generous If UTA cant can't afford more buses maybe vans would be an answer Travis Trans J Education Major t v j |