TRANSPORTATION FOR THE HANDICAPPED: THE POLITICS OF FULL ACCESSIBILITY

This article discusses the role of political influence on the character of American transportation. Taking as an example the politics of full accessibility in the provision of transportation for the handicapped, this article traces the political history of this issue from the initial development of the concept of mainstreaming (equal access rather than equal mobility) through the effective lobbying in the early 1970's which resulted in the Federal regulations published by the Department of Transportation on May 31, 1979, to the U.S. Appeals Court ruling on May 26, 1981 that Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act "does not give federal agencies the power to impose such onerous affirmative burdens on local programs."

• Record URL:
  • https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021808632?urlappend=%3Bseq=279
• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  P.O. Box 2055, Saugatuck Station
  Westport, CT  United States  06880-0055
• Authors:
  • Fielding, G J
• Publication Date: 1982-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 269-282
• Serial:
  • Transportation Quarterly
  • Volume: 36
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0278-9434

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Persons with disabilities; Politics; Public transit
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00367656
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-033 121
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 30 1982 12:00AM