Current Paratransit News
Wheelchair-accessible taxis to roll out on D.C. streets
People who use wheelchairs will be able to take taxicabs in the District as early as next month under a $1.2 million pilot program to expand access for people with disabilities in the city. By Kytja Weir, November 13, 2009, Examiner read more...
Metro trying to teach disabled to take trains, buses
Metro is seeking to teach some people with disabilities to use trains and buses instead of its MetroAccess service as a way to reduce the costly and growing shared-ride system. By Kytja Weir, November 4, 2009, Examiner read more...
Metro Urged to Avoid Service Cuts, Find More Money
The most obvious place to make big cuts in the transit authority budget is in MetroAccess, the service for disabled riders. It's the most heavily subsidized of Metro's services, its growth is out of control, and the transit authority exceeds the service requirements set in federal law. By Robert Thomson, October 22, 2009, Washington Post read more...
Metrobus and MetroAccess Rerouted for Bike DC
There will be several street closures affecting Metrobus and MetroAccess service in Arlington and the District of Columbia for Bike DC on Saturday, October 17. The affected streets will be closed from 7:30 a.m. until noon, except Crystal Drive between 20th and 23rd Streets, which will reopen at 2 p.m. October 15, 2009, WMATA read more...
Metro Introduces Free Software to Help Visually Impaired Navigate Web Site
Metro unveiled free software on its Web site Friday morning that reads aloud text as users move their mouse over words on the transit agency's Web site. By James Hohmann, October 2, 2009, Washington Post read more...
Metro's Lost and Found, MetroAccess Moving
The transit agency is using the relocation as a chance to upgrade its MetroAccess reservation system, Gates said. All the back offices of the service will be moving there, but the offices where MetroAccess riders receive certification to use the service will remain at Metro's downtown D.C. headquarters. By Kytja Weir, August 26, 2009, Examiner read more... |
