June 14, 2021 / by BBG Security / aoda., Mobility
Ride-sharing companies have agreed to pay more for an accessibility fee to the city of Ottawa, but it’s not the 30 cents a ride charge Council was hoping for. Read more athttps://aoda.ca/ottawa-ride-sharing-companies-agree-to-hike-accessibility-fee-to-10-cents-per-ride/ Related
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Ottawa Ride-Sharing Companies Agree to Hike Accessibility Fee to 10 Cents Per Ride
June 14, 2021 / by BBG Security / aoda., Mobility
Ride-sharing companies have agreed to pay more for an accessibility fee to the city of Ottawa, but it’s not the 30 cents a ride charge Council was hoping for. Read more athttps://aoda.ca/ottawa-ride-sharing-companies-agree-to-hike-accessibility-fee-to-10-cents-per-ride/ Related
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Accessibility Advocates Call for Constant Sound to Be Emitted By Ottawa e-Scooters in 2021 – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.
February 3, 2021 / by BBG Security / All, aoda.
Electronic scooters, which could hit Ottawa streets in greater numbers this spring, are receiving a tough ride from accessibility advocates as councillors decide if rental companies should be allowed to operate again in 2021. Read more athttps://aoda.ca/accessibility-advocates-call-for-constant-sound-to-be-emitted-by-ottawa-e-scooters-in-2021/ Related
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Ottawa Inventor Sees Rising Interest in Hands-Free Elevator-hailing App – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.
October 26, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, International
Before the pandemic struck, Ke Wang had devoted the better part of the last two years to developing a smartphone app that would allow people with disabilities like himself to open doors and call elevators without touching any handles or buttons. Read more athttp://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/ottawa-inventor-sees-rising-interest-in-hands-free-elevator-hailing-app/ Related
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Ottawa Inventor Sees Rising Interest in Hands-Free Elevator-hailing App – Accessibility News International
October 26, 2020 / by BBG Security / built environment, Community
By: David SaliPublished: Oct 23, 2020 Before the pandemic struck, Ke Wang had devoted the better part of the last two years to developing a smartphone app that would allow people with disabilities like himself to open doors and call elevators without touching any handles or buttons. Little did he know his invention targeted at […]
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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.
June 10, 2020 / by BBG Security / aodaalliance
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.
June 5, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, aoda.
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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E-Scooters Set to Hit Ottawa Streets, Paths This Year – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.
June 4, 2020 / by BBG Security / aoda., Mobility
If Ottawa’s e-scooter pilot gets full council approval, the devices will be allowed on pathways and on roads with speed limits up to 50 km/h, but not on sidewalks, on NCC paths or in Gatineau. Read more athttps://aoda.ca/e-scooters-set-to-hit-ottawa-streets-paths-this-year/ Related
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