Then, fitting her arms into two plastic walking aids, she slowly shuffles out of the city van, operated by Access-a-Ride, which offers the disabled transportation anywhere in the five boroughs for $1.50 a trip.
For the disabled, transportation is an important barrier to access to health services in addition to financial constraints and communication difficulties [ 42, 43].
"Meaningful access for the disabled to public transportation services is not a utopian goal or political promise," the judge wrote.
A quiet, unassuming man from Finleyville, Pa., who will celebrate his 12th birthday this month -- he was a leap year baby in 1952 -- he moved to Colorado in the mid 1970's with a master's degree in public administration and found work with various organizations, helping elderly and disabled people with transportation needs.
Mr Neal was returning from San Francisco, California — a disability rights activist himself, he had reportedly been speaking about accessible transportation for disabled people.
4) Transportation: If transportation is not available, bus tokens, bus passes, and city transportation for disabled subjects, when necessary, will be provided.
John W. Gormley, senior assistant district attorney in Onondaga County, said Mr. Bigness oversaw the transportation of disabled veterans to their medical appointments, then acquired more responsibilities, including handling donation checks.
DISABILITIES TASK FORCE -- The State Assembly Task Force on People with Disabilities, hearing on increasing disabled people's access to government programs, transportation, and buildings.
Her father is the payroll manager at PTM Management, a company in Jamaica, Queens, that provides transportation for the disabled.
The City Council assailed the state of transportation for the disabled in the city, and recommended a system of improvements, in a new report released on Sunday.
Here are some questions Penn hasn't asked: Can you imagine Daniel Patrick Moynihan having to poll to decide whether to throw his weight behind transportation for the disabled?
