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Posts in Category: Accessibility

Accessibility

New technology could expand transit access for blind, low-vision customers 

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Posted by Drew Kerr | Nov. 3, 2021

Clockwise from left: Sheila Enerson using the Aira app during a recent trip on the METRO Green Line, a beacon being installed at the Raymond Avenue Station and a new tactile map at the Raymond Avenue Station. New technology could expand [...]

Accessibility

ADA anniversary an opportunity to reflect, build on accessibility improvements 

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Posted by Drew Kerr | July 24, 2020

From General Manager Wes Kooistra Thirty years ago this week, the federal government passed the Americans with Disabilities Act – landmark civil rights legislation aimed at ensuring people with disabilities do not face discrimination or [...]

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Accessibility improvements ensure system works for everyone 

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Posted by Drew Kerr | July 26, 2018

From General Manager Brian Lamb As an organization, we talk a lot about how important transit is to providing access to opportunity. That’s particularly true for people with disabilities who rely on transit to live a full and independent [...]

Accessibility METRO Orange Line

Expanding access and accessibility on the Orange Line 

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| Jan. 30, 2017

On Marq2, hundreds of buses pull quickly in and out of stops during the afternoon rush hour. At Interstate 35W and Lake Street, customers ascend a steep set of stairs to wait in what is essentially the freeway shoulder. And at the I-35W & 46th [...]