Transportation

Ride Public Transportation with Confidence

06/20/18 - Guest Blogger, Hop on the Bus to Independence, Inspiring People, jjslist.com, Pace Bus, Transportation, Wheelchair Users - 0 Comments

By Ed Madden, Coordinator for Public Outreach, Pace Suburban Bus

We are all aware of the necessities of life: air, water, food, sports. I’m joking about the sports, of course, but I think that we should add transportation to this list as well.

Experiential Learning with Bridget…

How To Plan A Wheelchair Accessible Road Trip

05/25/18 - Accessibility in Public, ADA, Disability-Aware Service, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, Transportation - 0 Comments

By Sam Casteris, Accessibility Advocate

Sam Casteris and mom on the road to LA

While public transportation is a great option for travel when you’re venturing out into the city or are travelling by train, there aren’t too many long distance public transportation options out West. In…

Celebrating 25 Years of Work

05/22/18 - Business News, Disability Employment and Housing, Disability-Aware Businesses, Down Syndrome, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, Transportation - 0 Comments

By Sheila Hebein, Parent & Advocate

Chris at work at Evanston Rotary International Headquarters in Evanston

On April 26, 2018, my son Chris celebrated his 25th Anniversary working as a Mail Clerk at Rotary International’s World Headquarters in Evanston, IL. He has been working there since high…

Q and A with Quincy: Learning to Ride the Bus Independently

04/18/18 - Accessibility in Public, Disability-Aware Service, Down Syndrome, Tools and aids, Transportation - 0 Comments

Quincy, Lincoln Park High School student

JJ’s List recently interviewed Lincoln Park High School student Quincy Bane about how she learned to use public transportation. Quincy learned how to use the bus with the help of her Travel Trainer, Kyle. Chicago Public Schools’ (CPS) Travel Training…

Route to Independence: How My Daughter Learned to Take the CTA in Chicago

03/28/18 - Down Syndrome, Education, Guest Blogger, Hop on the Bus to Independence, Inspiring People, Transportation, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

By Cheryl Bane, Parent

Last month I got a call telling me that my 20-year-old daughter, Quincy, was going to begin Chicago Public Schools’ (CPS) Travel Training Program. Gulp. The thought of Quincy taking the city bus completely on her own made me nervous because Quincy…

4 Tips on Living Alone with a Disability in Chicago

01/19/18 - Disability Employment and Housing, Guest Blogger, No Boundaries, No Boundaries, Tools and aids, Transportation - 0 Comments

A Guest Blog by Adrian Drower

Adrian at His Job at The Fine Line

As Frank Sinatra once sang, “This is My Kind of Town.” Though I was born in Illinois, Northbrook was my kind of town for a while. Now I agree with Frank Sinatra, Chicago is…

Workshops Have Team Hopping

09/15/17 - Accessibility in Public, Disability-Aware Service, Education, Hop on the Bus to Independence, jjslist.com, Pace Bus, Transportation, Uncategorized, Wheelchair Users - 2 Comments

Pace Suburban Bus Training Team, Ed and Bridget

Pace Suburban Bus and JJ’s List Training Teams have been busy with the Hop on the Bus to Independence Workshops throughout the Chicagoland area. Just this month the team has been to Lincolnshire, Orland Park, Elgin, Aurora and many…

Letting Go for Two Bus Stops

06/06/17 - Accessibility in Public, Disability-Aware Service, Transportation - 5 Comments

Anna and her travel trainer

The Day My Teenager Learned Public Transportation

I finally got a call from the Chicago Public Schools district travel trainer to let me know that he was ready to begin teaching my teenage daughter how to take fixed-route public transportation. She is…

Deaf Students Learn to Take Public Transportation

03/31/17 - Accessibility in Public, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Hop on the Bus to Independence, jjslist.com, Pace Bus, Transportation - 3 Comments

Bridget at one of the Hop on the Bus Trainings

When a class of deaf and hard of hearing students boarded a public bus recently, they got a surprise. Bridget, a disability self-advocate, who was there to train them spoke her lines in sign language!

The students…

I Started Taking the Public Bus…

01/27/17 - Accessibility in Public, Down Syndrome, Guest Blogger, Hop on the Bus to Independence, No Boundaries, Pace Bus, Transportation - 1 Comment

…instead of Paratransit
By Alex Tello, No Boundaries Participant

Alex with timetable

I decided to start taking the public bus instead of Paratransit or a ride from my family because I knew I could learn and I wanted to be more independent. It makes me happy!

Before I started…