This guide has the instructions to set up accessible events and conferences. Accessible means people can fully participate in conferences. Accessible event planning includes four steps. These four steps are universal design, physical accessibility, sensory accessibility, …
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to both public and private ground transportation providers. The ADA rules that apply to transportation are regulated by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Use this resource to identify best practices that meet the …
The Center for Pan Asian Community Services (CPACS) microtransit project focused on providing a new service in the City of Clarkston, Georgia. This microtransit service used a multilingual rider-facing app (Burmese, Chinese, Korean, Nepali, Spanish Farsi, Swahili, and Vietnamese) to …
MountainLine’s Microtransit project utilized on-demand microtransit technology to coordinate paratransit service and connect people to the broader transit system in Flagstaff, Arizona. The project designed an inclusive engagement process that empowered a group of steering committee members to plan, design …
Originally posted by Great Lakes ADA Center
This presentation will cover resources available to election officials to evaluate the accessibility of polling locations, specifically the ADA Checklist for Polling Places developed by the U.S. Dept. of Justice in 2016. The …
Montgomery County has launched an online tool to connect older adult residents to volunteer ride providers, officials announced last week.
The tool uses GIS mapping to connect a resident’s address with nonprofits, senior villages and other groups that provide volunteer …
Since April 2020, the National Park Service’s (NPS) decision to close Rock Creek Park’s Beach Drive to vehicular …
Several cities, including Los Angeles, Oakland, California, and Portland, Oregon, have recently launched universal basic mobility programs that provide low-income residents with money that they can to use on public and last-mile transportation.
In Pittsburgh, city officials aim to address …
Lyft officials said the company is exempt from the Americans with Disabilities Act and doesn’t have to cater to people with nonfolding wheelchairs.
In 2018, Ansel Lurio found himself trapped in a snowstorm after leaving a dentist appointment in Westchester …
Waymo is introducing a raft of new features designed to make its fleet of autonomous taxis more accessible to passengers with visual impairments and other disabilities.
The new features are sure to draw attention when they start hitting the streets. …
In 2020, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) received a grant application from the Transit Planning 4 All program to inclusively plan and implement a mobility on demand solution with and for older adults and people with disabilities.
This document …
