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<br />Town of Lexington <br />Commission on Disability <br />Victoria Buckley, Chair <br /> I am Victoria Buckley, chair of the Lexington Commission on <br />Disability. <br />The Lexington Commission on Disability strongly opposes the <br />MBTA’s proposed cuts. The budget cuts being discussed by the MBTA <br />could result in Lexington losing its bus service – the 76 and the 62 buses – <br />as well as $80,000 in the suburban subsidy program. The cost of RIDE <br />services could be increased dramatically. In times of economic stress and <br />environmental concerns, these are not cuts that would be welcomed at all. <br />The simple fact is that people who take mass transit often have no other <br />means to get to work. <br />Our biggest concern is the proposed increase in paratransit (RIDE) <br />fares, an increase ranging from 125% to 500%. The Commission <br />advocates for its citizens with disabilities and we feel that this fare increase <br />could be devastating to the independence of these individuals. These are <br />your most vulnerable customers who have the most needs. These are <br />people getting to treatment services and getting to and from work who <br />cannot afford huge cost increases. We need to support and advocate for <br />our neediest citizens. The savings can be documented in dollars and cents <br />but the costs are bigger than dollars, since they impact individuals’ <br />independence and self-worth. We need to look at some of those <br />individuals, some of those 695 people in Lexington who use the RIDE: <br /> We have the proud hard-working man with difficulties in four limbs <br />due to cerebral palsy who goes to work every day with pride. <br /> We have the middle-aged man with severe anxiety and paranoia who <br />goes back and forth to treatment daily with the RIDE so he can learn <br />ways to deal with his illness. <br /> We have a young man with a power wheelchair trying to go to his <br />college classes with his personal care assistant. <br /> We have people of all ages and all types of special abilities who <br />without the RIDE would not be able to get to work or get to medical <br />care and treatment. <br />1625 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE • LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02420 <br /> <br />
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