NO BUS ROUTE ID INFORMATION IN BRAILLE FOR BLIND PASSENGERS IS PROVIDED BY CAP METRO FOR FOUR OF SIX BUS STOPS SERVED AT SOUTHBOUND NORTHCROSS BUS STOP ALONG NORTH BURNET ROAD IN NORTH AUSTIN

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Subject: Fw: Another bus stop fails for blind passengers

A respectful FYI to each of you very influential government officials and civic leaders on the following,

from Austin resident and daily and year-round Cap Metro bus passenger John Kevin McMillan in this state-capital city for Texas.

John Kevin McMillan

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Sent: Saturday, July 3, 2021, 05:08:17 PM CDT

Subject: Another bus stop fails for blind passengers

At Cap Metro Northcross bus stop, ID number 5849, along a

southbound lane of  Burnet Road a few blocks south of West Anderson Lane in  north Austin (TX), bus routes identification  info is posted in braille only for route 3 and route 5 buses. Photo taken by me late Saturday afternoon, July 3, 2021. Other Cap Metro buses that stop at this bus stop  each day are for Route 19, Route 323, Route 324, Rapid 803 bus.

Best Wishes,

 Cap Metro passenger John Kevin McMillan.

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