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ATRC Holds First Steering Committee Meeting

Washington, D.C. – December 4, 2023. The Accessible Transportation Resource Center (ATRC) is thrilled to announce that we have held…

FTA Announces New Round of Available Funding to Make Transit Stations Accessible for All

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the availability of $343 million in Fiscal Year 2024 federal funding to make it…

The critical role of mass transit in disability employment

According to 2022 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) eight in 10 people with disabilities were not…

FTA Announces Nearly $5 Million Funding Opportunity to Improve Transit Access

FTA announced the availability of $4.7 million in Fiscal Year 2023 competitive grant funding for projects that improve access to…

CTAA Awarded Accessible Transportation Resource Center

Washington, D.C. – July 31, 2023. The Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA), along with its partners at the UMass…

County Launches Volunteer Ride Service for Older Residents

Montgomery County has launched an online tool to connect older adult residents to volunteer ride providers, officials announced last week.…

GGWash: How a car-free Beach Drive embodies universal design

After being closed to cars during the pandemic, Rock Creek Park’s Beach Drive has become a haven for people with…

CityLab- Can D.C.’s 11th Street Bridge Park Lift Up a Neighborhood?

Spectacular urban parks can drive up real-estate prices and force out low-income neighbors. The designers of this $92 million project…

Guaranteed basic mobility pilot offers near-unlimited transit access to 50 Pittsburgh residents

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…

Disability rights groups battle Lyft for wheelchair accessible vehicles — again

Lyft officials said the company is exempt from the Americans with Disabilities Act and doesn’t have to cater to people…

Waymo designed new features to improve AV access for passengers with disabilities

Waymo is introducing a raft of new features designed to make its fleet of autonomous taxis more accessible to passengers…

StreetsblogUSA- How a Transit App for the Blind Could Revolutionize How Everyone Rides

A groundbreaking new technology aimed at making every inch of the transit network accessible to people with visual impairments could…

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Guardian- What would a truly disabled-accessible city look like?

Most cities are utterly unfriendly to people with disabilities – but with almost one billion estimated to be urban-dwellers by…

State public transit funds to develop infrastructure in Williamsport, State College

This past week, state government passed an infrastructure law to fund public transportation projects across the Commonwealth. The $234 million…

AARP – Older Adults, New Mobility, and Automated Vehicles: A Framework for Harnessing Emerging Technology for Individual and Societal Benefit

The Older Adults, New Mobility and Automated Vehicles report is a collaborative effort between AARP Public Policy Institute, RAND Corporation,…

New York Post – Meet the MTA’s first ever Chief Accessibility Officer

The city’s former transportation accessibility czar starts as the MTA’s first ever Chief Accessibility Officer on Thursday after a brief stint…

Forbes – For Disabled People, Inclusive Transportation Is About Much More Than Lifts And Ramps

A look at a study located across-the-pond in London, UK regarding inclusion in transportation for people with disabilities. Find the…

S.F. mayor nominates accessibility advocate to transit agency board – LMT Online

Mayor London Breed nominated a transit accessibility advocate, Fiona Hinze, who lives with cerebral palsy and uses an electric wheelchair,…

When Street Design Leaves Some People Behind – CityLab Bloomberg

Expanding road space for bikes can limit accessibility for others — a balancing act for street planners and disability advocates.…

Will COVID-19 make urban cycling more inclusive? – BBC

The BBC discusses the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has on cycling and the current and future need to build more…

Montgomery County Is Trying To Make Walking Shortcuts Safer – DCist

Montgomery County, MD’s Planning Department has begun to document “desire paths” for designing and implementing accessible pedestrian. A key part…

LaunchPad seeks participants for inclusive autonomous vehicle challenge

UB’s Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars is seeking applicants to take part in the Inclusive Autonomous Vehicle Design Challenge. The summer program…

Minnesota BRT Line to Be Built Using Inclusive Planning

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced a $1.25 million competitive grant to support transit-oriented development planning along the Rush Line…