TTI Study on Accessible Transportation for Riders with Vision Disabilities
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) is leading a Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) study called Accessible Public Bus and…
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The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) is leading a Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) study called Accessible Public Bus and…
Virtual workshop opportunity from Easterseals! Workshop Description This workshop provides transit professionals and managers with the information and tools to…
On January 2, 2024, VRT will launch Beyond Access, a new regional service for adults aged 60+ and persons with…
Applications for the 2024 AARP Community Challenge are due March 6. Nonprofits and governmental entities can apply for small grants…
Washington, D.C. – December 4, 2023. The Accessible Transportation Resource Center (ATRC) is thrilled to announce that we have held…
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the availability of $343 million in Fiscal Year 2024 federal funding to make it…
According to 2022 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) eight in 10 people with disabilities were not…
FTA announced the availability of $4.7 million in Fiscal Year 2023 competitive grant funding for projects that improve access to…
Washington, D.C. – July 31, 2023. The Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA), along with its partners at the UMass…
Montgomery County has launched an online tool to connect older adult residents to volunteer ride providers, officials announced last week.…
After being closed to cars during the pandemic, Rock Creek Park’s Beach Drive has become a haven for people with…
Spectacular urban parks can drive up real-estate prices and force out low-income neighbors. The designers of this $92 million project…
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…
Lyft officials said the company is exempt from the Americans with Disabilities Act and doesn’t have to cater to people…
Waymo is introducing a raft of new features designed to make its fleet of autonomous taxis more accessible to passengers…
A groundbreaking new technology aimed at making every inch of the transit network accessible to people with visual impairments could…
Most cities are utterly unfriendly to people with disabilities – but with almost one billion estimated to be urban-dwellers by…
This past week, state government passed an infrastructure law to fund public transportation projects across the Commonwealth. The $234 million…
The Older Adults, New Mobility and Automated Vehicles report is a collaborative effort between AARP Public Policy Institute, RAND Corporation,…
The city’s former transportation accessibility czar starts as the MTA’s first ever Chief Accessibility Officer on Thursday after a brief stint…
A look at a study located across-the-pond in London, UK regarding inclusion in transportation for people with disabilities. Find the…
Mayor London Breed nominated a transit accessibility advocate, Fiona Hinze, who lives with cerebral palsy and uses an electric wheelchair,…
Expanding road space for bikes can limit accessibility for others — a balancing act for street planners and disability advocates.…