Posts filed under: transportation

Sept. 13, 2011
New York Daily News
New model NYC yellow cabs built for wheelchair users
Another new model of yellow cabs could hit city streets before the much ballyhooed "Taxi of the Future" arrives.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), physical accessibility, physical disability, public policy, transportation

Aug. 17, 2011
KFOR-TV (Oklahoma City)
Airline returns man's wheelchair in pieces
Jason Price was picked by a federal administration to help write a book. His part is about Oklahomans with disabilities becoming employed and self-sufficient, allowing them to leave the Social Security disability rolls.
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Filed Under: physical disability, transportation

July 28, 2011
Waterloo-Central Falls (Iowa) Courier
Disability advocate promotes public transit across the state
With a white cane in hand and a guitar slung over his shoulder, Frank Strong Jr. is touring Iowa in support of local bus service.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), transportation, visually impaired

May 24, 2011
The New York Times
Wheelchair Access in Taxis Is Focus of U.S. Investigation
The United States attorney’s office in Manhattan has opened an investigation into whether the lack of wheelchair-accessible taxicabs in New York City amounts to a violation of parts of the Americans With Disabilities Act.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), public policy, transportation

May 17, 2011
The Washington Post
Megabus, feds reach settlement in disability case
The Justice Department has settled a case under the Americans With Disabilities Act with two intercity bus companies, Megabus USA and Megabus Northeast, forcing them to pay more than $70,000 in damages.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), public policy, transportation

May 12, 2011
WAMU-FM (Washington, D.C.)
Wheelchair-Accessible Taxis Arrive In D.C.
After much delay, people living with disabilities can now ride in a wheelchair-accessible taxi in the District.
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Filed Under: public policy, transportation

May 3, 2011
Lancaster (Penn.) Intelligencer Journal
Elizabethtown train station roars back to life with makeover
The 11 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony will mark the official unveiling of the new Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant platform with twin, glass-and-marble elevators and a refurbished, 94-year-old station house that had been shuttered since 1979.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), public policy, transportation

Feb. 17, 2011
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Delta hit with $2M DOT disabilities violations fine
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has fined Delta Air Lines Inc. $2 million for “violating rules protecting air travelers with disabilities.”
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Filed Under: public policy, transportation

Feb. 11, 2011
KSPR-TV (Springfield, Mo.)
Friends and Colleagues Speak Out About Community Leader Killed in Van Fire
The Ozarks has lost a community leader in a tragic accident. The 42-year-old man killed in Thursday night's van fire in south Springfield will be remembered as a tireless advocate for people with disabilities.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disability awareness, physical disability, profile, public policy, transportation

Feb. 9, 2011
Yale Daily News (New Haven, Conn.)
Metro Taxi to expand disability services
For residents of the Elm City with physical disabilities, taxi transportation is on its way.
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