Yesterday morning, an unemployed, 28 year old, African-American man went to a job orientation at Mission Saint Louis.
He walked from Chambers and Jeffrey (almost 2 miles) to the Riverview Hall Metro bus center and caught the #41 to the #95 at Kingshighway, purchasing a $3 two-hour transfer. The three dollars was all the money he had.
Coming back, he was able to get on the 95, but when he got to Natural Bridge, his two-hour pass had expired by 20 minutes, and the bus driver would not accept it.
He walked the 6.6 mile, 2 and a half hour walk home.
This has happened to him before.
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OCCUPY! PUBLIC TRANSIT Image by Eric Drooker for Occupy Wall Street, click on image for Drooker's website
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