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  2. Accessibility of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority

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    A street elevator serving as an entrance to the underground 66th Street–Lincoln Center station. The physical accessibility of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)'s public transit network, serving the New York metropolitan area, is incomplete. Although all buses are wheelchair -accessible in compliance with the Americans with ...

  3. MBTA accessibility - Wikipedia

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    MBTA accessibility. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) system is mostly but not fully accessible. Like most American mass transit systems, much of the MBTA subway and commuter rail were built before wheelchair access became a requirement under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The MBTA has renovated most stations ...

  4. Paratransit - Wikipedia

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    One is picking up a person who uses a wheelchair, while another is discharging another person using a mobility scooter. Paratransit (the term used in North America) or Intermediate Public Transport (also known by other names such as community transport ( UK )), is a type of transportation services that supplement fixed-route mass transit by ...

  5. Wheel-Trans - Wikipedia

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    History. Wheel-Trans was born out of an initiative by the Trans-Action Coalition, a group led by Beryl Potter lobbying for transit accessibility in Toronto. The paratransit system was officially created in 1975 as a two-year pilot project contracted to Wheelchair Mobile and operated on behalf of Metropolitan Toronto and the province of Ontario until 1976.

  6. Toronto Transit Commission accessibility - Wikipedia

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    Accessibility for people with disabilities on the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) system is incomplete but improving. Most of the Toronto subway system was built before wheelchair access was a requirement under the Ontarians with Disabilities Act (ODA). However, all subway stations built since 1996 are equipped with elevators, and elevators ...

  7. Passengers are pretending to be disabled to get fast-tracked ...

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    The discount airline is calling for a “wheelchair registration” system and legislation cracking down on those “abusing” the accessibility tool.