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Take a quick look around while on Muni, BART, or AC Transit, and you’ll notice that a lot of the people who depend on public transit are seniors. But not all seniors are that comfortable navigating the system. So at ages 70, 80, and 90, as Molly Samuel reports, some seniors are going back to school.
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KALW 91.7FM:
October 26, 2011
Transcript
MOLLY SAMUEL: Fran Chan rides the #38 bus just about every day. She lives on Geary Street in San Francisco.
The 38 is a busy line, and in Chan’s neighborhood, there are lots of seniors who use it. But we get a seat right up front.
FRAN CHAN: (laughing) It never fails. I used to feel hurt.
SAMUEL: Because they thought you needed it?
CHAN: Or that I looked that old. Old age is funny, it creeps up on you. All of a sudden, you look in a mirror, and my god, you’re old.
Chan is 89. She gave up driving about three years ago. She was worried about getting in an accident. And though there are some places she doesn’t get to anymore, she says she doesn’t have many complaints about Muni.
Chan is independent. She can step outside her apartment and take the bus wherever she needs to go.
CHAN: Monday I go down to clear for discussion group and a drama group where you do drama reading. And then...
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