Showing posts with label Riders With Disabilities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Riders With Disabilities. Show all posts

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Cap Metro Disability-Service Cuts on Hold

From Austin Chronicle, July 4, 2008...

TCRP argued that without subscription taxi rides – vouchers for regular trips such as work, doctor appointments, and dialysis – Cap Metro's Special Transit Services aren't efficient and flexible enough to meet the comparability requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act. The ADA requires that a federally funded transit agency provide services for people with disabilities that are parallel to the fixed-route service in terms of wait times and service area.

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Thursday, April 17, 2008

Riders With Disabilities Object to Capital Metro Plans

From statesman.com April 16, 2008...

Capital Metro's board should quash a series of planned changes in its services for people with disabilities, board members were told Tuesday night by about 100 people who take those curb-to-curb "special transit service" rides.

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