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Information item, report from the disability Disaster Preparedness committee. Good afternoon, the Disabilities Commission met. The first meeting held march 26,27, and 28 transportation was one area of many exercises. It was Community Based organizations and city and county government, muni and private enterprises to solve the problems with transportation during a disaster. The next topic the committee took up was the review of the city shelter database. Which roughly 50 percent of the city shelters are fully accessible. Many others are unusable but not ada compliant. There were many efforts to...

Disability council. Im trying to bring up their significant agencies represented working with seniors and people with disabilities having the most passengers. We didnt hear about it. There is a defect, a flaw. Even in earlier feedback. Myself and janet were part of people among a focus group asked about seat design. We said keep the poles by the door. That was before 2011. I dont know what happened to that focus group and response and feedback. The point is they are helpful, not just for people to hold onto but when you are sitting near the door, it helps to have a pole to pull yourself up rat...

Additional room for a dog to take up enough space for 1 person. So im wondering if there was some ability underneath to provide underneath the seats enough space. I have not entered a car yet with my dog. I do have a disability and have a service dog for balance. I would appreciate any consideration you can make for those of us that require dogs to be functional. Thank you. Thank you. Is there any other comment on the bridge line . Okay. Moving on. Going to agenda item no. 8. Information item, report from the disability Disaster Preparedness committee. Good afternoon, the Disabilities Commissi...

The future, bart and any other Government Agency look at going above and beyond what is the minimum requirements. I personally travel with another person often, my husband in a wheelchair. The two of us trying to get off a train that is not even crowded with a pollen there is going to be a big obstruction. I also wanted to say its brought up for me too because its an cumulative process. As a person with a disability requiring the use of an elevator with the bart its not an equitable experience. At the time i have got on the train i have to hold my breath to make sure its going to work and i ha...

Personally travel with another person often, my husband in a wheelchair. The two of us trying to get off a train that is not even crowded with a pollen there is going to be a big obstruction. I also wanted to say its brought up for me too because its an cumulative process. As a person with a disability requiring the use of an elevator with the bart its not an equitable experience. At the time i have got on the train i have to hold my breath to make sure its going to work and i have had to hold my breath inside the elevator and many of you know what im talking about and by the time the train do...