TRAVEL TRAINING GUIDE

The goal of this travel training guide was to involve national and local organizations representing the public transit industry and people with disabilities in the development and demonstration of workable approaches to promote access to public transportation for people with disabilities. The first phase of the program involved: production of travel training guide; testing the feasibility of a feeder system from paratransit to fixed route service; and, developing a "modification menu" to ensure that information in the form of bus schedules, maps, and signs was as "user friendly" as possible to people with disabilities. The second phase included the following goals: developing a program for parents, guardians, relatives and staff who work with people with disabilities to break down stereotypes about independent travel and overcome their resistance; and training people with multiple disabilities who use wheelchairs to access main line bus or rail services.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared by: People Accessing Community Transportation (PACT).
• Corporate Authors:

  Kennedy Center, Incorporated

  184 Garden Street
  Bridgeport, CT  United States  06605

  Project ACTION

  National Easter Seal Soc, 1350 New York Ave, NW, Suite 915
  Washington, DC  United States  20005
• Publication Date: 1993-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices;
• Pagination: 75 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Feeder services; Paratransit services; Passenger information systems; Persons with disabilities; Public transit; Training programs; Transportation disadvantaged persons; Wheelchairs
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00769618
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 4 1999 12:00AM