Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Accessibility

A sample of the WayFinder App interface. Source: Smart Columbus

What People With Cognitive Disabilities Need from Transit

By Melissa L. Weber | Jun 25, 2020 | No Comments

A Columbus, Ohio research team is getting closer to releasing an app that could soon give people with cognitive disabilities more independence on mass transit systems across America. The Wayfinder app, developed by AbleLink Technologies in partnership with Smart Columbus, provides customizable support for users with cognitive difficulties, including disabilities stemming from medical conditions such […]

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Op-Ed: Whose Streets? Our Streets!

By Nicole A. Murray | Jun 9, 2020 | No Comments

At the heart of the protests is a demand for the end of racist policing of public space. Will our leaders stop the carnage?

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Protests Expose Structural Racism in Transit Policing

By Kafui Attoh | Jun 4, 2020 | No Comments

Even after COVID-19, the governor and MTA doubled down on hiring more cops for the subway. Will a popular movement open a debate about the control of public space?

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Car Dependency Built the Modern Nursing Home

By Kea Wilson | Apr 30, 2020 | No Comments

The elderly have the highest risk for dying of the novel coronavirus in the U.S. The car-focused world many of them live in just makes it worse.

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Paratransit Users Struggle in the Age of COVID-19

By Abigail Cochran | Apr 21, 2020 | No Comments

Everyone still needs to access essentials, whether it is groceries or medical care. Some people with disabilities are having an especially hard time figuring out how to do so safely.

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Mixed Signals: ‘Beg Buttons’ and the Pandemic

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 21, 2020 | No Comments

Across the country, engineers are acknowledging the uselessness of push-to-walk buttons at crosswalks — and some are even reprogramming traffic lights to make walk signals automatic for the duration of the outbreak." […]

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