Two Rallies Three Months Apart

Does Anyone Care?

I just sent this letter to SFNext:

The elevator at Hallidie Plaza that's been broken for years

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  Tina Martin <tina_martin@sbcglobal.net>

  To:sfnext@sfchronicle.com

  Sat, Sep 23 at 1:58 PM

  Dear SF Next,

  
  

  Could you come to a rally this Wednesday, September 27, 10-11 am, to urge the city and state to invest in transit accessibility and finally fix an elevator that's been broken for years?

  
  

  I'm attaching two flyers.  One was for an action taken by  Tenderloin residents, including Luis Castillo, who uses a wheelchair and discovered that the elevator at Market and 5th is broken and has been broken for years--hardly a symbol of raising downtown from its doom loop status.  The second is of a rally that will take place this Wednesday, September 27.

  
  

  After the rally, people in wheelchairs and others (possibly parents with kids in strollers) will walk from the non-functioning elevator to a small one on 4th Street, which can seem like a great distance to people with disabilities.  

  
  

  Please consider investigating why, in an area promised $6 million for refurbishing to help the downtown area rise, the city can't get a rising elevator.

  
  

  Tina Martin

  Member of Transit Justice & Voices for Public Transportation