Travel Training Can Expand Your World

 

 

	Michael Levy, director of Travel Training
Avril Dillon takes the bus to shop in downtown Brooklyn .	Avril Dillon describes herself as somebody who "won't let my disability hold me down." In 2003, though she was a little anxious, she enrolled in the MTA New York City Transit Travel Training Program. Ms. Dillon worked one-on-one with Sean Bardoo of the Kennedy Center, the agency contracted by NYC Transit to provide travel training. Avril mastered the use of the bus lift, and learned to take a two-bus trip from her home to downtown Brooklyn's Fulton Mall, a popular shopping area. Buses come and go frequently, so she can decide at the last minute to stay longer and do an extra errand.
	Michael Bini is another of the more than 150 AAR customers who graduated from NYC Transit's Travel Training Program. In 2002, he trained to travel by bus and subway to a weekly recreation program at Manhattan's 92nd Street Y, where he enjoys movies and sharing pizza with friends. Mr. Bini learned to read maps and use landmarks along his route to insure that he makes the correct transfer from bus to subway and disembarks at the stop nearest his destination. He stays near the bus operator or in the conductor car in case he needs help during his trip. His mother, Kate Bini, commented that travel training has made him a more independent adult. Any customer who is eligible for AAR may apply for travel training. For more information, contact Michael Levy at 646-252-2760. A new convenient means of travel may be in your future.
Michael Bini uses the bus and subway to travel to his recreation program.

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