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Federal Bill Proposes $10 Billion for Transit Accessibility The program would fund improvements such as elevators, ramps, and accessible ticketing equipment to bring the nation's transit stations up to ADA standards. June 1, 2021, 6am PDT | Diana Ionescu | "According to data from the FTA, nearly 20% of the nation’s transit stations were not ADA accessible in 2019, the most recent year data was available." In New York City, "200,000 disabled New Yorkers lived in neighborhoods without an accessible station." The bill would create a $10 billion grant program to help local and regional age...

A version of this article was first published in Streetsblog. A groundbreaking bill would help make every transit station in America accessible to those with disabilities — and stop critical accessibility improvements from being put off. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), with Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.), introduced the All Stations Accessibility Program (ASAP) Act of 2021, which would establish a $10 billion grant program to help transit agencies and commuter-rail providers retrofit stations to meet the needs of people with physical, cognitive, sensory, and other mobili...

Senators Propose Transit Accessibility Grant Program Senators Propose Transit Accessibility Grant Program Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor The All Stations Accessibility Program (ASAP) Act of 2021 has been introduced to establish grants that help transit authorities and commuter railroads upgrade existing stations to “meet or exceed accessibility standards” under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), reported bill authors and U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.). The legislation...

About The Event Governors Chris Thomes and Lori H. Schwartz, along with the Interactive Media Peer Group Executive Committee, invite members to: Disability Representation in Media The depiction of disability in the media plays a major role in molding public perceptions. Media platforms have too often reinforced negative images and ideas about people with disabilities, directly influencing the way those individuals are treated in current society. In response, performers and creators with disabilities, who have been consistently excluded from telling their own stories in mainstream me...