Almost wheelchair-free

Last week I started going to work with my crutch instead of the wheelchair. It's going well, and this morning I was able to get there on public transit while also carrying my laptop. Going to and from work was the only remaining recurring need I had for the wheelchair, so I'm hoping very soon to pack it up and store it away somewhere where I won't see it. I won't get rid of it, just in case of a recurrence or something ever happens to my parents as they grow older. Wheelchairs are not cheap to buy, and my insurance only covers the first one.

I'll probably cancel my HandyDART trips to work and back soon. It's a very expensive service to run, and one of the drivers quoted the average cost to taxpayers per trip being around $30. The 25-year old electric trolley buses are slowly being replaced with new accessible electric low-floor buses, and the route that connects my office and home has mostly been replaced with the new buses. Apparently there are about 40 of the new buses in service now, although the first pilot bus was numbered 2101, and I saw number 2168 go by on my way home today. Either way, nearly every trolley route goes down the street in front of my home and I'm seeing many more of the new buses.