Get ready to submit your favorable comments. After many months of discussions, FTA today published, in the Federal Register, a notice of proposed policy change, that would allow new demand responsive services specifically designed around the needs of persons with disabilities or new fixed-route services specifically designed around the needs of persons with disabilities to qualify as being beyond the...
Congress has set themselves a deadline of having an economic stimulus bill ready for the President's signature before their President's Day Recess, which would normally start February 14th. Whether that will be accomplished is yet to be seen, but there is a fair amount of confidence that it will happen. The leading proposal around which discussion was focusing earlier in...
The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) is seeking comment on a 2nd draft of changes to their standards for vehicles accessibility under the ADA. Comments are being accepted through January 20th. (Sorry for the short notice, but I just became aware of this yesterday.) The standrds have not been updated, except for adding the over-the-road-bus section, since...