From: "Friends of Transit" To: Subject: Transit Show for Older Bus Riders Date: Monday, December 22, 2003 10:10 AM > > Transit Video Showcases Older Bus Riders > > Now running on Phoenix 11 (Cox Cable) > > > > > > Riding the bus can a great mode of independence as well as a money > > savings for many older adults in metro-Phoenix. The latest "Valley > > Metro: Transit Now" on Phoenix 11 takes a look at the attitudes and > > concerns of seniors toward the transit system and offers some > > practical advice on how to use it. > > > > The 15-minute video has an interview with the director of the Easter > > Seals Transportation Project on its peer-training program and gets > > tips from Valley Metro transit staff - a bus operator and a customer > > service representative; it also follows an 85-year-old who became a > > bus rider after being in a severe car accident. > > > > The show runs for several weeks and a complete schedule of viewing > > times is available on line at phoenix.gov/11/phx11.html > > > > For more information about transit services, call Valley Metro at > > (602) 253-5000; for people with text telephones (602) 261-8208; or go > > online to www.ValleyMetro.org. > > > > > > -30- > > > > ******************************************************* > > To subscribe to other City of Phoenix Electronic News and Information > Services, visit http://phoenix.gov/subscribe.html. > > > > The information being mailed to you is a result of your subscription to > > the City of Phoenix Electronic News and Information Services. To > unsubscribe, visit: > > > http://phoenix.gov/MAILLIST/PUBTRANS/unsubscr.html?email=david@friendsoftran > sit.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >