Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Accessibility

Talking Headways Podcast: A Next-Generation Transportion Policy

By Jeff Wood | May 5, 2022 | No Comments

What's next? Harriet Tregoning, director at NUMO, and Yonah Freemark, a senior research associate at the Urban Institute, talk about their report, "Charting Out a Next-Generation, Place-Based Federal Transportation Policy."

This sunny bus stop is in the U.K....but we'll bet there are some great ones across the pond, too. Image: PxHere, CC

America: Show Us Your Best Bus Stops!

By Kea Wilson | Mar 7, 2022 | No Comments

For 2022 only, we're inviting you to send us your submissions for America's Best Bus Stop. Here's how.

Talking Headways Podcast: Civil Rights on the Road

By Jeff Wood | Jan 20, 2022 | No Comments

This week we’re joined by Anna Zivarts from Disability Rights Washington and Paulo Nunes-Ueno from Front and Centered. They join us to talk about the Disability Mobility Initiative and the Mobility Bill of Rights. We also chat about why mobility experiments might make travel harder for disabled travelers and why road safety is a core part of civil rights.

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California Seeks to Improve Wheelchair Service on Uber, Lyft

By Melanie Curry | Dec 20, 2021 | No Comments

This decision will in many ways benefit riders who rely on wheelchairs, although some advocates say it does not go far enough

Pedestrian "beg" buttons, like this one in Idaho Falls, will no longer be built be facing the street when PROWAG becomes the standard. Image courtesy of the author.

Feds Adopt Better Street Accessibility Guidelines — But Will They Make a Difference?

By Don Kostelec | Dec 17, 2021 | No Comments

Even though the ADA was passed more than 40 years ago, we have never had official accessibility standards tailored to things like sidewalks. That’s about to change — but how fast state and local agencies will act remains to be seen.

Talking Headways Podcast: Not Just Wires, Pipes, and Roads

By Jeff Wood | Dec 16, 2021 | No Comments

This week, we’re talking about the importance a systems approach in interconnected topics like transportation, education, and health care (yes, they're interconnected!).

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