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Newsby StaffDecember 30, 2019

Chicago's Pace renews National Express paratransit contract

The renewal is based in part on the company’s proven partnership.

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Newsby StaffDecember 23, 2019

IndyGo expands leadership team with 5 key appointments

Building on the addition of its new President/CEO Inez Evans, the agency appoints new staff members, including a COO and director of mobility services.

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Newsby StaffDecember 20, 2019

TTC budget adds 128K hours of service, boosts revenue protection measures

Service enhancements include hiring 121 operators to increase service on 25 surface routes across the city.

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Newsby StaffDecember 12, 2019

Detectable Warning Systems releases new ADA-compliant products

The offerings provide advanced rigid composite material solutions with “tactile cues” for either cast-in-place or surface applied construction and safety applications.

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Newsby StaffDecember 10, 2019

AC Transit adding 36 MCI accessibility-friendly commuter coaches

Ultimately, the coaches will be the backbone of AC Transit’s efforts to eliminate commuter gridlock across three of the Bay Area’s most congested bridges.

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ArticlesDecember 10, 2019

Q&A with Greater Richmond Transit's travel trainer Kelsey Calder

The most important lessons I have learned are how to listen and how to trust.

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Newsby StaffDecember 9, 2019

TransLink adding tactile, braille signage at bus stops

Will also be looking at developing a wayfinding technology pilot that will help customers better navigate the system using data sent directly to a phone or tablet.

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Transit Dispatchesby Ron BrooksDecember 4, 2019

Why public transit needs accessibility advocates

It seems that transit has a love-hate relationship with advocates, and many disability community advocates feel the same way about transit. 

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Newsby StaffDecember 3, 2019

Chicago region's transportation fails people with disabilities, seniors: Study

New report issued by the Metropolitan Planning Council makes 32 recommendations for improvement in eight different categories. 

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Transit Dispatchesby Ron BrooksNovember 20, 2019

Aiming to live and travel 'unimpeded' with a visual impairment

I was born with very poor eyesight, and by the time I turned 14, I traded in my poor eyesight for a long white cane and lessons in Braille.

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