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job postings and more…
— GEORGE H. BAGNETTO
— EDIE BIRO
Curb-to-curb
service
Contributing blogger Joe
Zavisca, an independent
consultant specializing in paratransit
service, explained why curb-to-curb service is
not enough.
BLOGS
Louie Maeillo is a Sr.
Consultant (Transit
Training &
Simulation), L-3 /
DPA Independent
Consultant, Bus Talk
Surface Transit Solutions
Blog topic: Operator training:
Mastering right turns.
Screenshot
photo
courtesy
Apotek
Recently posted videos include an ingenious subway ad developed by Swedish
pharmacy chain Apotek that interacts when the train enters the station. The ad
for hair care products displays a woman's hair blowing in response to the
approaching subway car.
… As a recently retired commissioner of
an upstate New York public transit
p r o p e r t y, I b e l i e v e m o s t t r a n s i t
managers want to do the right thing and
assist people in the disabled community
as much as is practical and reasonable
within the resources of the transit
property. The important words in the
ADA guidance in my opinion are:
"fundamentally alter the nature of the
service or create undue burdens." Many
smaller transit properties simply cannot
afford door-to-door service; to do so
would require bus monitors or helpers,
especially if the consumer needs to
have help climbing stairs.
We provide door-to-door and most of
the time door-through-door, although
many of our customers need a PCA or
companion to assist them beyond the
lobby. There is an expectation that the
operator is responsible beyond the door,
and we continually try to educate our
customers and caregivers of our and
their responsibility.
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Rob Taylo is founder/
CEO of SinglePoint
Communications,
an exclusive U.S.
distributor of Wi-Fi
in Motion.
Blog topic: Bus Wi-Fi
system considerations for transit
agencies.
Heather Redfern is the press
relations of cer for the Southeastern
Pennsylvania
Transportation
Authority.
Blog topic: SEPTA
steps up to fi ght
human traf cking.
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