Accessibility Compliance Not Being Enforced Says City Councillor – Accessibility News International

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Mike Arsenault Video JournalistPublished Friday, August 14, 2020 WINNIPEG — Construction in Winnipeg can be a nuisance for many, but for people with mobility restrictions, it’s more than just inconvenient. As the city works to repair roads and sidewalks, some have noticed it appears accessibility compliance rules aren’t being followed. Allen Mankewich has to push […]

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Accessibility Compliance Not Being Enforced Says City Councillor – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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Construction in Winnipeg can be a nuisance for many, but for people with mobility restrictions, it’s more than just inconvenient. As the city works to repair roads and sidewalks, some have noticed it appears accessibility compliance rules aren’t being followed. Read more athttp://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/accessibility-compliance-not-being-enforced-says-city-councillor/ Related

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An Interim Victory for Disability Advocates – Toronto City Council Directs City Staff to Investigate Dangers to People with Disabilities If Electric Scooters are Allowed – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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Yesterday disability advocates won an important interim victory in Toronto, Canada’s largest city, in the campaign to protect the public, including people with disabilities, from the proven dangers to public safety and disability accessibility that are posed by electric scooters (e-scooters). Read more athttps://aoda.ca/an-interim-victory-for-disability-advocates-toronto-city-council-directs-city-staff-to-investigate-dangers-to-people-with-disabilities-if-electric-scooters-are-allowed/ Related

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Tell Toronto City Council Not to Subject Canada’s Largest City to the Dangers, Personal Injuries and New Disability Barriers that Electric Scooters Cause – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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At its meeting on Tuesday, July 28, 2020, Toronto City Council has on its agenda the question whether to unleash electric scooters (e-scooters) on the people of Canada’s largest city. The AODA Alliance calls on Toronto’s Mayor John Tory and City Council to resoundingly reject e-scooters. They are a proven danger to the safety of […]

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The City of Toronto Infrastructure and Environment Committee – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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Brief From: John RaeSubject: Opposition to the Introduction of E-Scooters on Toronto Streets My name is John Rae. I am totally blind, a long time human rights advocate, and a member of the Boards of three disability rights organizations, including the Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians (AEBC). I live in downtown Toronto. I am […]

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With the COVID-19 Crisis Creating a Nightmare for Us All, Why Does the City of Toronto’s Infrastructure Committee Think It?s More Important to Meet to Discuss Allowing Electric Scooters in Toronto? – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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The COVID-19 crisis now is into its fourth month with no end in sight. We need our politicians and public servants working 100% on alleviating the horrible burdens that COVID-19 has inflicted on us all. Yet the politicians on the City of Toronto’s Infrastructure Committee think it is more important to now debate allowing electric […]

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City Improving on Accessibility But More Can Be Done – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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While the City is taking several important steps in leading the way for greater accessibility and mobility in its business units, more effort is needed to apply the effort more evenly, explained City of Lethbridge Mobility/Accessibility Master Plan project lead Chris Witkowski. Read more athttp://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/city-improving-on-accessibility-but-more-can-be-done/ Related

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City Improving on Accessibility But More Can Be Done – Accessibility News International

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By Jensen, Randy on June 24, 2020.Tim KalinowskiLethbridge Heraldtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com While the City is taking several important steps in leading the way for greater accessibility and mobility in its business units, more effort is needed to apply the effort more evenly, explained City of Lethbridge Mobility/Accessibility Master Plan project lead Chris Witkowski. “Compared to where we […]

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Will Ottawa City Council Today Vote to Conduct a Deeply Troubling Experiment on Ottawa Residents and Visitors By Allowing Electric Scooters that Endanger People with Disabilities and Others? – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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On the eve of today’s Ottawa City Council vote on whether to allow electric scooters (e-scooters), in the nation’s capital, the AODA Alliance obtained information from the office of Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson that exposes new serious problems with Ottawa’s proposal. Today, Ottawa City Council will decide whether to allow uninsured, untrained, unlicensed, unhelmetted e-scooter […]

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Provincial Disability Coalition Urges Ottawa City Council to Reject Impending Proposal to Allow Electric Scooters that Endanger People with Disabilities and Others – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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In a stunning affront to National AccessAbility Week, and while the COVID-19 crisis persists with no end in sight, Ottawa City Council’s Transportation Committee this week proposes to expose people with disabilities and others in Ottawa to proven dangers posed by allowing public use and rental of electric scooters (e-scooters). E-scooters will lead to personal […]

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