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Federal Bill Proposes $10 Billion for Transit Accessibility


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 agencies address accessibility issues.
Smaller systems may struggle to gather the funding it takes to retrofit stations built before the ADA was passed. Under the ADA, transportation facilities built after January 25, 1992, must be readily accessible and useable by people with disabilities. If an agency alters a facility built before that date, those altered portions must also be ....

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Sen. Tammy Duckworth talks about why every US transit station must be accessible


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 mobility challenges. The legislation, which would authorize expenditures for 10 years, was paired with a bill in the House, sponsored by Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García, that would speed the legislation. ....

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