Saint John family hopes to raise funds for accessible van – New Brunswick | Globalnews.ca

July 25, 2021 / by BBG Security / Accessibility, advocacy, Cerebral Palsy, Disability, Family, Health, New Brunswick, Saint John, Transportation

One Saint John family is hoping to raise enough money to buy an accessible van. Matthew and Mary Webb’s oldest daughter Gemma has cerebral palsy and is non-verbal. The two have to take Gemma to the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, about a four-hour drive, every six weeks for the next two to three […]

Disability Advocates Propose Plan to Fix, Improve Winnipeg Transit – Accessibility News International

December 10, 2020 / by BBG Security / Transportation

Disability Advocates Propose Plan to Fix, Improve Winnipeg Transit Report identifies 9 steps to ensuring those with disabilities have equal access CBC News, Posted: Dec 03, 2020 Winnipeg Transit is broken for people with disabilities, say advocates who have proposed a nine-step plan to fix it. A coalition of community groups – which includes the […]

Advocates Fear AVs Will Leave Disabled Riders Behind – Accessibility News International

December 9, 2020 / by BBG Security / Transportation

Pete Bigelow For Carol Tyson, a recent proposal that would advance the commercialization of self-driving vehicles brought familiar pangs of frustration. Like so many others, Tyson, an advocate for people with disabilities, believes autonomous transportation holds the potential to unlock newfound independence and mobility for millions of Americans. However, blueprints for that future are missing […]

CTA Releases “What We Heard” report on Phase II of its Accessible Transportation for Persons with Disabilities Regulations – Accessibility News International

December 2, 2020 / by BBG Security / Transportation

Canadian Transportation AgencyNov 26, 2020 The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) today released its “What We Heard” report summarizing the input received during its consultations on Phase II of its Accessible Transportation for Persons with Disabilities Regulations (ATPDR). On June 25, 2020, the CTA’s new ATPDR came into force. They establish modern legally binding requirements for […]

Free Rides Offered to Winnipeg COVID-19 Test Sites, but Many Unaware of Service – Accessibility News International

October 16, 2020 / by BBG Security / Community, Transportation

Advocates for people with low incomes, disabilities say many could benefit from service if they knew about it Cameron MacLean, CBC NewsPosted: Oct 15, 2020 Getting to one of the six COVID-19 testing site in Winnipeg can be a daunting task for people without access to a vehicle. Anyone who is sick is told to […]

MPI Compensation ‘Laughable,’ Senior Says – Not Offering Enough to Replace Electric Wheelchair – Accessibility News International

October 7, 2020 / by BBG Security / Transportation

By: Ben WaldmanWinnipeg Free Press, Sept. 30, 2020 Three months ago, Arthur Ray was crossing Main Street in his motorized wheelchair when a vehicle hit him and damaged the wheelchair significantly, leaving the 76-year-old without a way to safely get around. “A lady was looking in a different direction, and she drove into me,” he […]

Disability Rights Group Sues San Diego Over Scooters On Sidewalks – Accessibility News International

October 6, 2020 / by BBG Security / Transportation

March 4, 2019 Electric scooters have taken cities across the country by surprise, sometimes causing conflicts with city authorities and pedestrians. In San Diego, the scooters have led to a federal lawsuit claiming the new devices cause discrimination against people with disabilities. The lawsuit, which was filed in a federal district court in January and […]

Winnipeg Transit Considering Priority Seating for People With Disabilities – Accessibility News International

August 20, 2020 / by BBG Security / Transportation

City says current first come, first served option doesn’t line up with provincial rules around accessibility CBC NewsPosted: Aug 18, 2020 The City of Winnipeg is asking the public to weigh in on whether it should create designated priority seating areas on conventional buses. The city is doing a review of its transit system and […]

City’s Amphibious Wheelchairs Put the Beach Within Reach – Accessibility News International

July 15, 2020 / by BBG Security / Community, Transportation

Specially designed chairs can traverse soft sand, go into the water CBC News, July 13, 2020 All her life, whenever Delaney Dunlop’s friends asked her to go to the beach, she’d decline. The 30-year-old’s battery-powered wheelchair just wasn’t built to traverse the sand. “It took like six people to get it out of the sand,” […]

VIA Rail Pledges to Improve Rail Accessibility – Accessibility News International

June 30, 2020 / by BBG Security / Transportation

VIA Rail Canada Inc. last week announced additional steps toward ensuring universal accessibility in order to meet requirements set out by the Canadian Transportation Agency. To increase accessibility, VIA Rail is proposing: telephone reservations for riders with disabilities or functional limitations unable to make reservations on the website;curbside assistance from select station entrances to the […]

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