Report from the AODA Alliance Even though the new Integrated Accessibility Regulation has finally been enacted under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, will Toronto transit passengers face new barriers in the future when paying fares to ride the TTC? On June 6, 2011, the media reported that the City of Toronto was working [...]
Posts Tagged ‘transportation’
Will Presto Smart Card be Accessible to #TTC Passengers with #Disabilities?
Posted: June 8, 2011 in Disability MovementTags: accessibility, disability, Toronto, transportation
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The truth about #Toronto’s financial position
Posted: October 19, 2010 in public educationTags: democracy now, media, Toronto, transportation, trash
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#Toronto #Mayoral Candidates Debate #Disability Issues
Posted: July 3, 2010 in Disability MovementTags: ableism, accessibility, democracy now, disability, Disability Movement, discrimination, Economic Justice, employment, human rights, poverty, Toronto, transportation, wheelchairs
Peter Athanasopoulos apologized to six mayoral candidates: the wheelchair-accessible cab he ordered had arrived 30 minutes late. His difficulties reaching a debate on disability issues in Toronto, a city whose subway stations won’t be guaranteed accessible until 2024, underscored Athanasopoulos’s argument transportation is a “huge issue” for people like him. “I would have taken the [...]
Letter to Thunder Bay city council about #snow removal, #transit
Posted: February 5, 2010 in Disability Movement, UncategorizedTags: transportation
Received: Friday, February 5, 2010, 6:54 AM Yesterday, I tried to catch the bus just east of Arthur & James on Arthur Street. It wasn’t cleared out. I went east to the next stop. It was cleared out, but barely wide enough to fit a wheelchair on & there is no path from the sidewalk [...]
