| NN wants you to get on the bus to safety
Say a Category 3 or greater hurricane is bearing down on Hampton Roads, and areas are being evacuated. You don't have transportation, but a yellow school bus shows up in your neighborhood.
Get on it. That's the ticket out.
Evacuation plans for an estimated 7,000 residents of Newport News who lack transportation call for a fleet of school buses to pick them up and take them to safety. If it's a Category 2 or lower hurricane, that's typically a school designated as a shelter.
For a Category 3 and higher storms, the bus trip would be longer - out of the city.
While the practice has been in place for years, it was just Tuesday night that the Newport News City Council considered formally adopting it in a 222-page Emergency Operations Plan.
Travel Buddies help get John moving
JOHN Wilson never had the confidence to travel far from home-always worried he would get stuck in his wheelchair and wouldn't be able to get back to the East End because of inaccessible buses and Tube. So he kept to his Poplar neighbourhood, never venturing much further than a few blocks form his home in North Street. It wasn't much of a life. At 58, John has spent the last 18 years stuck in his wheelchair. Now City Hall has taken a 'step' further with its 'buddy squad' of travel assistants to advise those like John on how to get around. "It has changed my life because it's given me the confidence to get out and about," he points out. "Until I got tips from my travel assistant, I never knew exactly which areas were safe to use, so I stayed close to home. "But now there's no stopping me-it's a dream getting on the DLR.
Residential Wheelchair Lifts
Wheelchair Lift was designed and engineered for home use. It's easy to operate, easy to install and virtually maintenance free. Every safety detail has been carefully designed into these lifts. Including a non-slip platform, constant pressure switches, a low platform for easy roll-on/roll-off, safety barrier and railing, and rolled edges.
Residential Wheelchair Lifts have maximum lift heights of either 50 inches or 72 inches. These Wheelchair Lifts are sturdy enough to lift and lower up to 500 pounds and will accommodate electric wheelchairs and scooters. Running on a gear box and chain, these wheelchair lifts provide a smooth and quiet up and down ride, requiring little maintenance. All mechanics are fully enclosed, yet are easy to access through the rear or front of the housing unit. The wheelchair lifts are completely weatherized and attractively finished in off-white.
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