If the lift manufacturer specifies that wheelchairs must face away from the vehicle when using the lift, are transportation operators required to permit passengers to board facing the vehicle...
Q'STRAINT's Mitch Douillard demonstrates how easily and QUICKLY the QUANTUM secures a wheelchair passenger from boarding to secured and ready to go in real time. The QUANTUM secures...
Q'STRAINT's Mitch Drouillard gives a demo with Manatee County Area Transit, who recently rolled out a QUANTUM program. The demo aims at gathering commuter experience, driver feedback...
Stepless has developed a number of different solutions for the improvement of the accessibility within public transport....
DOT’s ADA regulations implement the transportation and related provisions of titles II and III of the ADA....
Because safe and nondiscriminatory transportation is the responsibility of the transportation operator, Section 37.173 of the DOT ADA regulations requires operators to train their...
Because safe and nondiscriminatory transportation is the responsibility of the transportation operator, Section 37.173 of the DOT ADA regulations requires operators to train their personnel...
securement systems....
If the passengers who are not assigned securement locations are unable or unwilling to accept this offer, the operator is not required to provide transportation to them on the bus....
(3) You must ensure that systems of intra- and inter-terminal transportation, including, but not limited to, moving sidewalks, shuttle vehicles and people movers, comply with applicable...
Is a transportation operator required to carry these “overweight” wheelchairs? Yes....
QUANTUM is the only system in the world that gives complete independence to mobility passengers; enabling them to secure themselves in less than 25 seconds with the simple push of a button...
Wheelchair securement systems complying with the technical requirements in T603 must be provided at each wheelchair space....
Fixed route system means a system of transporting individuals (other than by aircraft), including the provision of designated public transportation service by public entities and the provision...
Yes. 49 CFR Part 38 specifies that a lift must permit both inboard and outboard facing of wheelchair users. A lift that requires passengers to face a specific direction does not...
Wheelchair securement systems shall comply with the design loads specified in T603.3.1 or T603.3.2, as applicable....
Non-rail vehicles shall provide wheelchair securement systems complying with T603 at each wheelchair space....
Wheelchair securement systems shall limit the movement of an occupied wheelchair to 2 inches (51 mm) maximum in any direction when secured in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions...
The National Aging and Disability Transportation Center is a technical assistance center focused on increasing transportation options for older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers...
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Wheelchair securement systems shall secure the wheelchair so that the occupant faces the front of the non-rail vehicle....
stops on the system, providing complementary paratransit service that gets eligible riders from their point of origin to their point of destination)....
systems operated by transit authorities....