If you’re disabled, accessing transit can be like solving a puzzle with a lot of missing pieces
It used to take Michele Lee three hours to get to downtown Chicago from her suburban home. The trip required a mix of buses and trains, and missing one connection would throw everything out of whack.
Universal Basic Mobility Is Coming. And It’s Long Overdue
People need easy access to work and to essential services to live decent, independent lives. Cities need Universal Basic Mobility. It’s a human right.
Research In Focus: A Weekly Digest of New Research from the NIDILRR Community
One-Size May Not Fit All: Wheelchair and Scooter Users Compare the Usability of Different Public Bus Layouts.
Tiramisu Transit App
Tiramisu, literally meaning “pick me up” in Italian, is a crowd-sourced app that informs users of the arrival time and seating availability for buses.Tiramisu uses a smartphone’s GPS to display nearby bus stops, which can be shown on a map or in “list view” for increased accessibility. Users select a particular bus stop to find […]
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
FTA is an agency that provides financial and technical assistance to local public transit systems | US Department of Transportation (DOT)