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Newsby StaffJanuary 28, 2020

INIT mobility app assists visual, hearing, and mobility impaired riders

Includes a travel companion request, which sends a notification to the driver indicating the level of assistance the rider requires.

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Transit Dispatchesby Ron BrooksJanuary 14, 2020

Understanding How Customers Feel About Paratransit will Help Us Fix It

Virtually every transit agency has a few angry customers, and I used to be one. I depended on transit and when it failed, it was maddening.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 7, 2020

InterMotive teams to pilot ADA talking bus system

The initiative expands the company's 20-year partnership with PRIDE, which is the largest employer of people with disabilities in California.

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Newsby StaffDecember 31, 2019

Public transit users can now ask Amazon's Alexa, "Where's my bus?"

A USF researcher utilized a new personalization feature for Alexa to upgrade the OneBusAway skill.

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Newsby StaffDecember 26, 2019

RTC van donation helps local man regain independence, beat odds

The Southern Nevada-based agency donated a van to a local healthcare and human services nonprofit to help people like Deary.

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ArticlesDecember 17, 2019

UTA 'Community Rides' Gives Real-World Skills to Students with Autism

The agency spoke to students and staff at Spectrum Academy, a charter school for students with high-functioning autism.

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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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Newsby StaffDecember 3, 2019

E-scooter video depicts how sidewalk use impacts people with disabilities

In video, Portlanders with disabilities share how illegal e-scooter sidewalk riding and improper parking impact their safety.

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Newsby StaffNovember 21, 2019

University of Texas project aims to improve transportation for older adults

Using a national grant to improve transportation for older adults living in assisted-living communities across the Dallas area.

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